Seven at Santa Cruz : the life of fighter ace Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa / Ted Edwards.
"This biography details how Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa became a World War II naval hero. During the Battle of the Coral Sea, Swede flew an SBD Dauntless dive-bomber and helped sink Shoho, the first aircraft carrier lost by Japan in World War II. The next day, in that same Dauntless, he t...
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| 300 | |a xiii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a "The admiral is a stupid ass" -- Beginnings -- Naval aviator -- Pearl Harbor -- Tulagi -- Battle of the Coral Sea -- Intermission: Summer of 1942 -- Developments elsewhere -- A phantom goose chase concluded -- The Battle of Santa Cruz -- A battle concluded -- What does victory look like? -- The naval Battle for Guadalcanal -- On to Guadalcanal -- From combat to commander -- No easy days: Air Boss on USS Essex -- Grooming -- USS Constellation, "America's flagship" -- Do not pass Captain -- Afterthoughts -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Goose chase controversies -- Appendix 2. Mission myths deconstructed -- Appendix 3. Crisis in leadership: Kinkaid's failure -- Appendix 4. Medal of honor MIA -- Appendix 5. Decorations and citations awarded to Swede Vejtasa. | |
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