by Stan Fisher

Finalist for NOUS' 2024 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature

The ability of the United States Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership. Naval aviation maintenance played a major role in the U.S. victory over Japan in the second World War. The naval war against Japan did not achieve sustained success until enough aircraft technicians were available to support the high tempo of aviation operations that fast carrier task force doctrine demanded.

Ordering Info: Naval Institute Press

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2023