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Fight for the Air
Allied Air Battles in World War II
By John Frayn Turner

This epic air story of World War II is a powerful, poignant cross-section of the global air conflict from the perspective of British and American pilots. The author artfully weaves the historical backdrop with the pilots' accounts of one-on-one dogfights, dangerous bombing missions, and narrow escapes. Whether recounting the dark days of the Battle of Britain or the far-flung operations ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Marines Under Armor
The Marine Corps and the Armored Fighting Vehicle, 1916-2000
By Kenneth W. Estes
In this story of men, machines and missions, Kenneth Estes tells how the U.S. Marine Corps came to acquire the armored fighting vehicle and what it tried to do with it. The longtime Marine tank officer and noted military historian offers an insider's view of the Corps's acquisition and use of armored fighting vehicles over the course of several generations ...
Available Formats: Softcover
Thomas AP Catesby Jones
Commodore of Manifest Destiny
By Gene A. Smith

Thomas ap Catesby Jones was one of the most controversial officers in the U.S. Navy during the first half of the nineteenth century. A fascinating representative of a period of tumultuous change for both the navy and the country, he was a firebrand with a desire for reform and willingness to experiment. This biography explores his colorful career that spanned ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Flying Black Ponies
The Navy's Close Air Support Squadron in Vietnam
By Kit Lavell
The tragic, the comic, the terrifying, the poignant are all part of the story of the Black Pony pilots who distinguished themselves in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. Flying their turboprop Broncos "down and dirty, low and slow," they killed more of the enemy and saved more allied lives with close-air support than all the other naval squadrons ...
Available Formats: Softcover
Mother Was a Gunner's Mate
World War II in the Waves
By Josette Dermody Wingo
The author recounts her experiences serving as a WAVE during World War II, and describes how she taught sailors to use ring gunsights.
Available Formats: Softcover

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