Lloydthegamer
12-02-2012, 19:34
Submit a Book ReviewBook Title:
Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal Author:
Max Brand ISBN:
0-671-01431-5 Category:
History Format:
Paperback Summary:
In the summer of 1943 prolific American author Max Brand interviewed the pilots and ground crew of Marine fighter squadron VMF212 after they had completed a tour of duty on Guadalcanal the previous year. Brand wrote a draft of the book which was unfinished due to his death in 1944 when as a war correspondent he was killed covering an attack of US infantry in Italy. The book was finally published in 1996 when one of the pilots who had been interviewed asked Brand's daughter about it.
The book really is a time capsule of that era. The modern edition has not changed any of the language nor attempted to soften any of the attitudes that the Marines were feeling at that time. There are a few inaccuracies since the book was written during the war such as almost every enemy plane that was hit blew up, burned, or crashed. The book covers the difficulties faced by the ground crews and pilots in their struggle against not only the Japanese, but the environment which was just as deadly as the Japanese.
Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal Author:
Max Brand ISBN:
0-671-01431-5 Category:
History Format:
Paperback Summary:
In the summer of 1943 prolific American author Max Brand interviewed the pilots and ground crew of Marine fighter squadron VMF212 after they had completed a tour of duty on Guadalcanal the previous year. Brand wrote a draft of the book which was unfinished due to his death in 1944 when as a war correspondent he was killed covering an attack of US infantry in Italy. The book was finally published in 1996 when one of the pilots who had been interviewed asked Brand's daughter about it.
The book really is a time capsule of that era. The modern edition has not changed any of the language nor attempted to soften any of the attitudes that the Marines were feeling at that time. There are a few inaccuracies since the book was written during the war such as almost every enemy plane that was hit blew up, burned, or crashed. The book covers the difficulties faced by the ground crews and pilots in their struggle against not only the Japanese, but the environment which was just as deadly as the Japanese.