The Fighting Corsairs: The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215
The Fighting Corsairs: The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 Part of Aviation and Naval Battles in the Pacific Week Today we look at the exciting and personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese. Based on individual interviews and wartime documents, this is a thrilling narrative of the Marines who lived, and died, during the toughest battles of the entire war. It looks at the war through the eyes of some of the greatest fighter pilots of all time, including Bob Hanson, the “Maharajah of Rabaul,” and highest scoring Corsair pilot in history. Jeff Dacus is a retired schoolteacher who taught U.S. history for 35 years and also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Portland. A retired Marine tanker, he volunteers with local veterans groups and is a speaker at historical events. A member of the Company of Military Historians, he has written numerous articles in The Journal of the Company of Military Historians, Marine Corps Tanker’s Association Newsletter, as well as Leatherneck and Armor Magazines. He has written numerous articles online for the Journal of the American Revolution. He is the winner of the 2020 General Roy S. Geiger Award given to the author of the best article in the field of Marine Corps Aviation. https://www.jeffdacus.com/ His first book is The Fighting Corsairs: The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215. Buy the book: UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978149... USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97814930... You can become a YouTube Member and support us here / @ww2tv You can become a Patron here / ww2tv Please click subscribe for updates Social Media links - / ww2tv / ww2tv / ww2tv WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV
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