Seven at Santa Cruz: The Life of Stanley Swede Vejtasa

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This riveting biography details how Stanley Swede Vejtasa became a World War II naval hero. During the Battle of the Coral Sea, Swede flew an SBD Dauntless dive-bomber and helped sink Shoho, the first aircraft carrier lost by Japan in World War II. The next day, in that same Dauntless, he took off from USS Yorktown and out-flew and out-gunned three Japanese Zeros, making him the only dive bomber pilot to be awarded Navy Crosses for both bombing and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1682472876

ISBN13:9781682472873

Release Date:June 2018

Publisher:US Naval Institute Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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