The Battle for Hell's Island: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal

By Stephen L. Moore

Book Overview

November, 1942: Japanese and American forces had been fighting for control of Guadalcanal. Amid a seeming stalemate, a group of U.S. Navy carrier airmen helped form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of Marine, Air Force, and carrier-less Navy airmen tasked with holding the line. Under constant assault by the Japanese, pilots and gunners rarely lasted more than a few weeks. Yet when the Japanese attempted to take the island once and for all, these men miraculously turned back a warship armada, fighter planes, and a convoy of troops.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451473752
• ISBN13: 9780451473752
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Dutton Caliber
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher