Iron and Fire: The Pacific War Story of Destroyer Captain Bruce McCandless

Iron and Fire is a newly recovered firsthand account of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific war, told by a Medal of Honor–winning officer who fought from Pearl Harbor through Okinawa. Offering an unfiltered view of combat at sea—its decisions, costs, and consequences—the memoir preserves the lived experience of naval warfare through one of the most punishing operational tempos in American history.

In 1941, the fire of war met the iron of duty, and a generation of heroes was born. Iron and Fire is the n...