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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Special Note
Abbreviations and Special Terms
PART I: Amphibious Offensive
1 The New Mission
2 South to Guadalcanal
3 “Sock ’em in the Solomons!”
4 D plus One
5 The Waiting Game
PART II: Battle of the Eastern Solomons
6 Sinking the Ryūjō
7 Riposte—The Kidō Butai Attack on Task Force 61
8 Mutual Retreat
9 “Let’s not let this offensive die on the vine”
PART III: Fighting Five at CACTUS
10 The Japanese Offensive
11 The Loss of the Wasp
12 The Lull
13 The Attacks Resume
14 “Doggone ball of weather”: The Hornet’s Bougainville Raid
15 Sparring with the Tokyo Express
16 CACTUS in Peril
PART IV: The Battle of Santa Cruz
17 The “Hottest Potato”
18 The Big October Offensive Unfolds
19 Pounding the Shōkaku and Zuihō
20 “Hornet hurt”
21 “The Big E” Survives
22 Defeat and Retreat
PART V: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
23 Holding the SoPac Line
24 The Death of the Hiei
25 “A dive and torpedo bombers’ paradise”
26 Mopping Up
Conclusion
Appendixes
1 The Significance of the Captured Zero
2 List of U.S. Navy Fighter Pilots
3 Bureau Numbers of Fighter Aircraft
4 Fighting Colors, Insignia, and Markings
5 Fighting Five Nonflying Personnel
Notes
Sources
Index
About the Author
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