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Sunday, Dec 7, 1941, dawned clear and bright in the Pacific.... But also for the Dauntless dive-bomber crews of the USS Enterprise time for their home platform on Oahu, it was a day from hell. Soaring directly into japan ambush at Pearl Harbor, they lost another with their squadron and witnessed the heart and soul of America's Navy cracked and smoldering on the oil-slicked waters below. The next half a year, from Pearl Harbor to the Challenge of Midway - a dark time during which the Japanese have scored victory after win - this small strap of aviators found almost frequent deployment, intense carrier combat, and fearsome casualties. Many were wiped out by enemy No fighters, antiaircraft flame, or deadly crash landings in the Pacific, while others were captured and put in years in POW camps. Yet the Enterprise's Dauntless crews would be the first to strike an unpleasant blow against Japanese installations in the Marshall Islands, would be the first to sink a Japanese warship, and would shepherd the Doolittle Raiders' bombing of Tokyo. Not until Midway, though, would Dauntless crews get the opportunity to settle the credit score. In June 1942, Japan mobilized the best of its Navy to draw out the smaller American carrier fleet for a final showdown made to kill the U.S. Navy once and for all. What they didn't assume was the gutsy dive-bombing pilots and gunners whose courage and skill would change the span of World War II. Drawing on dozens of new interviews and dental histories, writer Stephen L. Moore brings to life inspiring tales of individual sacrifice and bravery - and the sweeping saga of one of America's biggest triumphs.
