Title David McCampbell : top ace of U.S. naval aviation in World War II / David Lee Russell.

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Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, [2019]

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Description	1 online resource
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Birth of a Hero; 2. Bessemer to Annapolis; 3. Going Navy: From Ships to Aviation; 4. VF-4 and the Ranger; 5. LSO on the Wasp; 6. Training Carrier Air Group 15; 7. Marcus and Wake Islands Raids; 8. Marianas Operation Forager Begins; 9. Iwo Jima; 10. The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot; 11. Ozawa's Retreat and Protecting Saipan; 12. Saipan Operations and Softening Up Guam; 13. Supporting Landings on Guam and Tinian; 14. Stalemate II: Palau, Southern Philippines; 15. Stalemate II: Visayas, Manila Strikes and Second Visayas
	16. Okinawa Jima, Nansei Shoto17. Battle of Formosa; 18. Battle of Leyte Gulf; 19. Last CAG-15 Strikes; 20. Post-War Naval Career; Appendix A: Aerial Victories; Appendix B: Aces of the Navy Fighting Squadron Fifteen (VF-15), December 1, 1944; Appendix C: Medal of Honor Citation of Commander David McCampbell; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note	Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed July 17, 2019).
Subject	McCampbell, David, 1910-1996.
	United States. Navy. Air Group Fifteen -- Biography.
	United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
	United States. Navy -- Aviation -- Biography.
	United States. Navy. (OCoLC)fst00533204
	United States. Navy. Air Group Fifteen. (OCoLC)fst00573434
	Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
	Armed Forces -- Aviation. (OCoLC)fst01351741
	Armed Forces -- Officers. (OCoLC)fst00814617
	Fighter pilots. (OCoLC)fst00923988
	Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
	Military operations, Aerial. (OCoLC)fst01710198
	Military operations, Naval -- American. (OCoLC)fst01710245
	Pacific Area. (OCoLC)fst01243504
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term	1939-1945
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Added Title	Top ace of U.S. naval aviation in World War II
ISBN	9781476636078 (electronic book)
	1476636079 (electronic book)

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