Seven at Santa Cruz: The Life of Stanley Swede Vejtasa

by Ted Edwards

Book Overview

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"