The Fighting Corsairs
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The Fighting Corsairs

The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 in the Pacific during WWII

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eBook - ePub

The Fighting Corsairs

The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 in the Pacific during WWII

About this book

From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese. Based on individual interviews and wartime documents, this is a thrilling narrative of the Marines who lived, and died, during the toughest battles of the entire war. It looks at the war through the eyes of some of the greatest fighter pilots of all time, including Bob Hanson, the "Maharajah of Rabaul" and highest-scoring Corsair pilot in history.

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Information

Publisher
Lyons Press
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781493055098
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War II
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter One: Training
  3. Chapter Two: Hawaii
  4. Chapter Three: The Combat Zone
  5. Chapter Four: Up the Slot
  6. Chapter Five: Leapfrog Up the Solomons
  7. Chapter Six: Munda and More
  8. Chapter Seven: Tough Missions . . . and a Break
  9. Chapter Eight: Rest and Relaxation
  10. Chapter Nine: Back in the Saddle
  11. Chapter Ten: First Shot at Rabaul
  12. Chapter Eleven: Just Another Mission
  13. Chapter Twelve: Hammering the Enemy
  14. Chapter Thirteen: Rabaul Defiant
  15. Chapter Fourteen: Chasing Zeros
  16. Chapter Fifteen: Final Flights
  17. Chapter Sixteen: Afterwards
  18. Epilogue: Aerial Victories
  19. Appendix One—VMF-215 Losses on First Three Tours
  20. Appendix Two—Medal of Honor Citation for Bob Hanson
  21. Appendix Three—Navy Unit Citation for VMF-215
  22. Bibliography