Before they were the black sheep : Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-214 and the battle for the Solomon Islands
Title:
Before they were the black sheep : Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-214 and the battle for the Solomon Islands
Publication Information:
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2011.
Physical Description:
305 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-291) and index.
Contents:
Squantum Naval Air Station and the U.S. Naval Reserve Aviation Base in Atlanta, December 17, 1941-March 9, 1942 -- U.S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, March 12, 1942-July 12, 1942 -- U.S. Naval Air Station, Miami, Florida, July 28, 1942-November 11, 1942 -- San Diego to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, December 5, 1942-March 12, 1943 -- Fighter One Air Base, Guadalcanal, March 13, 1943-May 28, 1943 -- Advance Base Knucklehead, Banika in the Russell Islands, June 6, 1943-August 14, 1943 -- Airfield at Munda Point, New Georgia Island, August 15, 1943-August 31, 1943 -- Bougainville and home.
