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The first official history of the legendary aircraft carrier that fought in World War II and Vietnam and continues to serve as a major air and space museum in New York City The USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. Since her launching in 1943, the 27,000-ton, Essex -class aircraft carrier has sailed into harms way around the globe. During World War II, she fought her way across the PacificKwajalein, Truk, Peleliu, Formosa, the Philippines, Okinawasurviving kamikaze and torpedo attacks and covering herself with glory. The famous ship endured to become a Cold War attack carrier, recovery ship for Americas first astronauts, and a three-tour combatant in Vietnam. In a riveting narrative based on archival research and interviews with surviving crewmen, authors Bill White and Robert Gandt take us inside the war in the Pacific. We join Intrepid s airmen at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in October 1944, as they gaze in awe at the apparitions beneath them: five Japanese battleships, including the dreadnoughts Yamato and Musashi , plus a fleet of heavily armored cruisers and destroyers. The sky fills with multihued bursts of anti-aircraft fire. The flak, a Helldiver pilot would writ

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Author

Bill White a. Robert Gandt; forew. by John McCain

Publisher

Crown

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780767929899

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Short Stories, Military

Rating

4.6 / 5 (162 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14