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The Big E : the story of the USS Enterprise /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stafford, Edward Peary, 1918-2013 (Author)
Other Authors: Stillwell, Paul, 1944- (author of introduction.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2015.
Edition:First Naval Institute Press illustrated edition.
Subjects:
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6)
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword to the illustrated edition
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Book One. Peace
  • War
  • Guarding the islands
  • Into the South Seas
  • Back to Wake
  • Colonel Doolittle goes to Tokyo
  • Coral Sea cruise
  • Action off Midway
  • Book Two. Pearl and a mission to the south
  • First visit to an ugly island
  • The Eastern Solomons
  • Ordeal off Santa Cruz
  • The slot
  • Espiritu, Noumea, and Chicago
  • Book Three. Intermission
  • Makin and the Marshalls
  • First steps west
  • Penetration to Palau
  • A month in the Marianas
  • Foray to the Philippines
  • Leyte in the fall
  • Hunters in the dark
  • Return to Japan
  • Tomi Zai
  • Epilogue
  • Chronological order of events, USS Enterprise
  • Commanding officers of USS Enterprise
  • Air groups and their commanders embarked in USS Enterprise during World War II
  • Battle stars awarded USS Enterprise.