Gerald Astor is a World War II veteran and award-winning journalist and historian whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, Playboy, and Esquire. He is also the author of A Blood-Dimmed Tide- The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It and Operation Iceberg- The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II. He makes his home in Scarsdale, New York.
Captures the drama of aerial combat in the Pacific as never before. -Carlo D'Este, author of Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life All I wanted to be was an airplane pilot, and here I am in an airplane trying to kill someone. -Mel Freeman, pilot, Guadalcanal, from Semper Fi in the Sky A riveting account, by a master craftsman, of the exploits of the heroic Marine Corps airmen of World War II. -Carlo D'Este Captures the drama of aerial combat in the Pacific as never before. Carlo D Este, author of Eisenhower: A Soldier s Life All I wanted to be was an airplane pilot, and here I am in an airplane trying to kill someone. Mel Freeman, pilot, Guadalcanal, from Semper Fi in the Sky A riveting account, by a master craftsman, of the exploits of the heroic Marine Corps airmen of World War II. Carlo D Este Captures the drama of aerial combat in the Pacific as never before. - Carlo D' Este, author of Eisenhower: A Soldier' s Life All I wanted to be was an airplane pilot, and here I am in an airplane trying to kill someone. - Mel Freeman, pilot, Guadalcanal, from Semper Fi in the Sky A riveting account, by a master craftsman, of the exploits of the heroic Marine Corps airmen of World War II. - Carlo D' Este