Customer Review: I believe this book to be unique in the fact that it puts faces to the heros in a story that when told in other books seems to gloss over who these guys really were. The photos of these young heros is simply haunting. Many of them seem to have that look that says, "I know I'm going to die, but I... 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
The first paragraph of the review I submitted on June 17, 2001 should end like this:
....it is an excellent source document for military historians with much important new information about the military action of this carrier during and immediately after the attack on... more info
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