Never call me a hero : a legendary American dive-bomber pilot remembers the Battle of Midway

Author

N Jack Kleiss

Call Number

• 940.5426 K647 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, N.Y. : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Physical Description

xvii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• Foreword / by Jill Kleiss
• Introduction / by Norman Jack Kleiss
• Kansas childhood, 1916-1932
• The lure of flight, 1932-1934
• Midshipman, 1934-1938
• Finding love, 1938-1939
• The Navy's surface fleet, 1939-1940
• Flight training, 1940-1941
• Scouting Squadron Six, part 1, May-June 1941
• Scouting Squadron Six, part 2, June-November 1941
• The Pacific War begins, November 1941-January 1942
• The battle of the Marshall Islands, February 1942
• Wake and Marcus Islands, February-March 1942
• The central Pacific, March-June 1942
• The Battle of Midway, part 1, the morning attack, June 4, 1942
• The Battle of Midway, part 2, the afternoon attack, June 4, 1942
• The Battle of Midway, part 3, June 5 and 6, 1942
• Return to the States, June-October 1942
• Flight instructor, 1942-1945
• My life after the Second World War, 1946-1976
• Remembering Midway, 1976-2016
• Afterword / by Timothy J. Orr
• Appendix: Roster, Scouting Squadron Six, May 1941 to June 1942.