Fighter Pilot: A Memoir of the Pacific War

Captain Francis "Frank" Rodgers is a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot who serves in the Pacific theater during World War II. At eighteen years old, Frank decides to join the military after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. He dreams of flying the fearsome P-40 Warhawk, and, after much rigorous training, he earns his pilot's wings. Over the course of the war, which takes him from Hawaii to Iwo Jima, he flies various fighter aircraft, notably the P-38, P-39, P-40, and P-51. Frank sees combat in ...