When General George Kenney assumed command of the Fifth Air Force in July 1942 ... Kenney had World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker—who was in the southwest Pacific at the request of the Secretary ...

to the impact of the American victory on the rest of the war in the Pacific. He chooses to begin with a Prologue set in an unexpected action, but one that establishes his major theme for Midway, the ...

In late 1942 ... was sent to the Pacific, where the troops built real air fields (wearing insignias emblazoned “L-K-O,” to honor their deceptive origins). In the cold war years, the Virginia ...