Books written by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
... Corp Richard L. 361 Scowcroft, Lt Gen Brent 353, 367 Second Indochina War see Vietnam War Sedov, G.A. 84 Seely, ... 43 Small, Cdr Bill 198 Smith, Maj Clyde D. 327–30 Smith, Lt Dick 145–46 Smith, Lt Donald D. “D-D” 194–95 Smith, ...
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Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay
At about 0745 hours, the men aboard Bunker Hill were suddenly aware they were under attack when Yasunori opened up with his machine guns and strafed the deck as Archie Donahue taxied up the flight deck after the Airedales had freed his ...
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Under the Southern Cross: The South Pacific Air Campaign Against Rabaul
... USS 289 Clemens, Martin 47 Cleveland, USS 161, 288–89 Clifton, Lt Cmdr Joseph J. “Jumpin' Joe” 173 Coalson, ... 117 DeBlanc, 1Lt Jefferson 174 DeHaven, USS 163 Denver, USS 289 Donahue, Capt Archie 180 Drayton, USS 150, 152, 153, ...
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Under the Southern Cross: The South Pacific Air Campaign Against Rabaul
The P-38s took off, led by Captain Thomas Lynch, who had already scored two enemy aircraft while flying the P-400. ... Lynch's flight spotted a 35-plane formation over Dobodura – Val dive bombers escorted by Zeros.
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The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing
... who had recently turned in their Macchi C.205 Veltro fighters for Messerschmitt Bf-109Gs, made an appearance. First Lieutenant Warren M. Wolfe had been forced to feather one propeller and drop out of formation while approaching the ...
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The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
At 0300 hours, 2/5 Battalion had commenced a counterattack against the spur of Hill 1384 with two George Company platoons commanded by First Lieutenants John J. “Blackie” Cahill and Dana B. Cashion. Shortly after dawn, they reached the ...
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F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat Aces of VF-2
Shortly after Phillips shot down the second 'Betty', Ens Skon saw the shadow of O'Hare's Hellcat to his right as CAG came ... Phillips called repeatedly to O'Hare but received no reply. ... Lt Leroy E Harris was one of the VF-10 veterans.
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I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
The Japanese invasion was well underway by December 11, with bombing raids on the airfields of Alor Star, Sungei Patani and Butterworth, and the city of Penang. The single fighter unit up north, 21 “City of Melbourne” Squadron, ...
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
Apparently, he could hear us but we couldn't hear him. Smith asked if he had a flashlight, but got no response. “I asked him several other things and finally I mentioned a cigarette lighter. I told him that I was going to make a run on ...
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The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
Major McLaughlin twice tried to send a patrol back to the south to link up with the others but they were beaten back both times. The wounded were gathered in a ditch and everyone prayed for daylight and the arrival of Marine Corps ...
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Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15
The astonishing saga of Air Group's momentous six-month combat tour in the Pacific War.
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MiG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950–53
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.
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F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat Aces of VF-2
Using exquisite photographs and first-hand accounts from the elite fliers themselves, this volume tells the story of the ace pilots who comprised the original VF-2 and the second.
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
The "Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club" was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975.
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Gothic Line 1944–45: The USAAF starves out the German Army
This is the history of how the mighty Gothic Line was defeated by American air power, in one of the most pivotal but least-known air campaigns of World War II. By late 1944, the Italian Campaign was secondary to the campaigns in France, and ...
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Aces of the 78th Fighter Group
The story of the 78th FG will be researched through extensive first-person interviews with eight surviving pilots and ground personnel of the unit, and also using previously recorded interviews with two leading ace pilots who are no longer ...
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Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver conducts a thorough and compelling investigation of the 14 months of the Central Pacific Campaign that saw the US Navy progress from the edge of disaster to the brink of victory.
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MiG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950–53
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.
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Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea
Now available in paperback, this is the gripping story of Task Force 77, the US Navy carrier commitment to the Korean War that was vital to the success of the UN forces battling the Chinese and North Koreans.
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I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
This history of the War in the Pacific tells the story of the Americans, Britons, Australians, and New Zealanders who fought back against a better-prepared and stronger enemy, and in so doing, changed the course of World War II.