Customer Review: This will make an excellent addition to your Midway collection. Although the authors state that the book is primarily a photographic history, the text is also excellent and very detailed. It really brings the Battle of Midway to life. There is also a good deal on the history and development of the... more info
Customer Review: My father, still alive, was a member of the crew on the CV-5 Yorktown when it shipped out from the east coast. He told me they changed the numbers on the ship going through the Panama Canal to "confuse" the enemy, and then repainted when it joined the Pacific group. He was in Pearl Harbor a few... more info
Customer Review: In "A Magnificent Fight," Robert Cressman has honored many a Wake Island defender whose names have been otherwise lost to history.
"A Magnificent Fight" is one of those few Wake Island books that the author has devoted much of the writing to what fictional writers would call "character... more info
Customer Review: While it fills a glaring hole in US carrier history, this book falls down on lack of detail on the ship itself. In the course of the text, things like hull strength and vulnerability to torpedo attacks are mentioned, no real detailed analysis is given of the ship as a design or how her shortcomings... more info
Customer Review: In "A Magnificent Fight," Robert Cressman has honored many a Wake Island defender whose names have been otherwise lost to history.
"A Magnificent Fight" is one of those few Wake Island books that the author has devoted much of the writing to what fictional writers would call "character... more info
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