Title Seven at Santa Cruz : the life of fighter ace Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa / Ted Edwards

Published Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Contents "The admiral is a stupid ass" -- Beginnings -- Naval aviator -- Pearl Harbor -- Tulagi -- Battle of the Coral Sea -- Intermission: Summer of 1942 -- Developments elsewhere -- A phantom goose chase concluded -- The Battle of Santa Cruz -- A battle concluded -- What does victory look like? -- The naval Battle for Guadalcanal -- On to Guadalcanal -- From combat to commander -- No easy days: Air Boss on USS Essex -- Grooming -- USS Constellation, "America's flagship" -- Do not pass Captain -- Afterthoughts -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Goose chase controversies -- Appendix 2. Mission myths deconstructed -- Appendix 3. Crisis in leadership: Kinkaid's failure -- Appendix 4. Medal of honor MIA -- Appendix 5. Decorations and citations awarded to Swede Vejtasa Summary "This biography details how Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa became a World War II naval hero. During the Battle of the Coral Sea, Swede flew an SBD Dauntless dive-bomber and helped sink Shoho, the first aircraft carrier lost by Japan in World War II. The next day, in that same Dauntless, he took off from USS Yorktown and out-flew and out-gunned three Japanese Zeros, making him the only dive bomber pilot to be awarded Navy Crosses for both bombing and aerial combat. During the Battle of Santa Cruz, Swede Vejtasa single-handedly downed an unprecedented two Japanese dive bombers and five torpedo bombers and saved the USS Enterprise."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Vejtasa, Stanley W., 1914-2013. Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6) United States. Navy -- Aviation -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6) fast United States. Navy fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography Dauntless (Dive bomber) -- History 1900 - 1999. Armed Forces -- Aviation Dauntless (Dive bomber) Fighter pilots Military operations, Aerial -- American Military operations, Naval -- American Pacific Area United States Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018022390 ISBN 1682472884 9781682472880

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