Igor- If you're interested, "Fire in the Sky" by Eric M. Bergerud (Westview Press, 2000) is an incredibly detailed essay of the Pacific air war, including detailed historical descriptions on many unanswered, (Japanese vs. U.S. airfield maintenance?...) overlooked questions that only creeps...

Thanks, Gents, for the feedback. Actually, Sapper, I hope that magazine didn't get confused over Lt. Teimei Akamatsu, the most amazing drunkard to ever fly; he even (supposedly) had an early warning system set up in a brothel in Yokasuka. I also agree with Ardmore about the chute kills; not a very s...

I would venture that more than half the squad has read this classic tale. However, I find myself ruminating over a few discrepancies- true or false- that Mr. Sakai has/has not alluded to: 1. Capt. Colin P. Kelly. No, he did not sink the battleship Haruna, true. We know that His-story is usually writ...

...There was a time last summer when our fearless leader Genosse (bless his tarnished soul) set up a couple of 1/1 dogfights with that dastardly frog team known as SV. (C'est Le Joker..) You are totally correct in the opinion that full- real, squad play will affect one's heartrate; it's really a que...

I just ordered "The first and the last" by Adolph Galland, as it has finally been put back in print, apparently. I hope he's not too much of a windbag; he's always managed to come across pompously in old interviews...(cross fingers)

Willie...and to Sapper- I just picked up my copy of "Black Nights" by Oliver Poole; not to be confused with the Tuskeegee bio with the same title. ~S~

List of reviews from everyone! I was hoping for a Bull-Run to Na Drang- FI- socio-collision. Cormac McCarthy is probably my most beloved of authors (besides Fenian) And I think all the contributors here will readily agree how horrendously, if given the chance, Hollywood will mangle a beautiful book,...

Hello, Gents! I thought I'd try to make a littlle "book nook" for those of us geeks interested in throwing some military titles around; related, perhaps, to WW2 aircraft or not. Irregardless of your personal political perspective of the U.S. invasion(s) of Iraq, I found "Generation Ki...