Octavo, burgundy boards, (hardcover), gilt letters, 280 pp. Illus. with b & w photos. Fine (As New), in Fine (As New) dust jacket. ÒOn June 4, 1942, the U. S. aircraft carrier Yorktown fought one of the great naval battle of all time -- a battle that historians say turned the momentum of the war in the Pacific away from Japan in favor of the United States...This is their story, told with the passion of that fiery day through the perspective of more than fifty years. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jeff Nesmith conducted scores of interviews with survivors and combined their diaries and offical records to assemble this epic story...This is an inspiring account of young soldiers and old heroes.Ó

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