Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal AUTH-151310 Ebony and Crystal (1922)

Ebony and Crystal (1922)

ISBN13: 9781609470876

throwing away his rich garments

ISBN10: 1793242127

the Six-Day War in the Middle East

Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal AUTH-151310 Ebony and Crystal (1922)This is the first paperback edition of the revisionist work about Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who won his battles at sea but lost the war of public opinion. A surface warrior, Fletcher led the carrier forces in the Pacific that won against all odds at Coral Sea, Midway, and the Eastern Solomon's. Despite these successes, during the post war Fletcher had become one of the most controversial figures in U. S. naval history and was portrayed as a timid