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Time of the Aces : Marine Pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944

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Time of the Aces : Marine Pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944

Time of the Aces : Marine Pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944 by U.S. Marine Corps
English | January 25, 2016 | ASIN: B01B2A67GW | 95 Pages | AZW3/MOBI/EPUB/PDF (conv) | 2.33 MB

The morale of the men of the ist Marine Division on Guadalcanal soared dramatically in the late afternoon of 20 August 1942. That was when 19 Grumann F4F Wildcats of Captain John L. Smith's Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 223 and 12 Douglas Dauntless SBDs of Major Richard C. Mangrum's Marine Scout-Bomber Squadron (VMSB) 232 landed on vet-uncompleted Henderson Field. Ever since the assault landing on Guadalcanal on 7 August, and subject to unchallenged Japanese air raids from that time, the ground troops wondered, "Where are our planes?" Like so many other soldiers in so many other campaigns, they had little knowledge of the progress of the war elsewhere in the Pacific.