As with any published work, authors must depend on their friends for assistance. These include Michael Panchyshyn, fellow author Mark Stille, Peter Syvers and Orv Barr. The bulk of the historical photographs in this work were acquired from Real War Photos (operated by Jo Ellen and George D. Chizmar), the National Naval Aviation Museum and the National Archives. Some historical images were provided by Michael Pollock of Maritime Quest. More modern post-war images came from the United States Navy News Service and www.defenseimagery.mil, which is operated by the United States Department of Defense (DOD).
For brevity’s sake the picture credits for Real War Photos will be shortened to ‘RWP’. Those from the National Naval Aviation Museum will be abbreviated to ‘NNAM’ and the National Archives will appear as ‘NA’. Images from the US Navy News Service and www.dimoc.mol will be credited to ‘DOD’ for the sake of brevity.