... 2014) Cleaver, Thomas M., F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat Aces of VF‐2 (Osprey Publishing, 2015) Coleman, LCDR Kent Stephen, Halsey at Leyte Gulf: Command Decision and Disunity of Effort (Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014) Cutler, ...
Based on first-person interviews from surviving veterans who came to be known as the “Frozen Chosen,” this is the incredible story of heroism and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, as a handful of Marines fought desperately ...
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.
A thorough and compelling investigation of the Central Pacific campaign in World War II that saw the US Navy progress from the edge of disaster to the brink of victory, from Guadalcanal to the recapture of the Philippines.
Based on first-person accounts, Tidal Wave is the story of the naval campaigns in the Pacific from the victory at Leyte Gulf to the end of the war, in which the US Navy would fight harder for survival than ever before.
The Cactus Air Force is a joint project between the late Eric Hammel and Pacific War expert Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, and is unlike any other of the many histories of this event that have been published over the years.
This paperback edition of Holding the Line chronicles the carrier war in Korea from the first day of the war to the last, focusing on front-line combat, while also describing the technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations, ...
Based on first-person accounts, Tidal Wave is the story of the naval campaigns in the Pacific from the victory at Leyte Gulf to the end of the war, in which the US Navy would fight harder for survival than ever before."--Amazon.com
Now aviation historian Thomas McKelvey Cleaver takes a closer look at the real-life men of the 57th, whose camaraderie in the face of death inspired the raucous cast of heroes and antiheros in Catch-22.
... ace Lt John Kirk chased an experienced enemy pilot before catching him as he reversed his turn – the fighter speared into the ground . 86 Staff pilot Maj Charles Christ went after a Bf 109 he spotted chasing a P - 51 and hit it at close ...
This paperback edition of Holding the Line chronicles the carrier war in Korea from the first day of the war to the last, focusing on front-line combat, while also describing the technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations, ...
Now publishing in paperback, this is the fascinating account of the Central Pacific campaign, one of the most stunning comebacks in naval history, as in just 14 months the US Navy went from the jaws of defeat to the brink of victory in the ...
... JG 27 : 339 , 396 , 420 , 438 ; JG 51 : 87 , 383 ; JG 52 : 102 , 404 ; JG 53 : 396 ; JG 54 : 364 , 397 , 420 ; I./JG ... 26 : 265 ; 2./JG 54 : 351 ; 3./JG 26 : 286 ; 4./JG II : 123 , 177 , 267 ; 4./JG 26 : 63 , 353 ; 4./JG 54 : 421 ; 5 ...
... Going Downtown : The US Air Force over Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia , 1961-75 , Tom Cleaver does his best to separate fact from fiction , and he does it well . Anything less , and you fail to have the lessons learned . For example , lost ...
This story is told through accounts gathered from both sides.