Survival in the South Pacific: A Lost Airman's Desperate Rescue amid the Maelstrom of War

“This account of oft—forgotten aspects of the war that is also a powerful survival story is highly recommended for the casual reader of military history as well as the serious scholar of the Pacific war.” — Journal of America's Military Past

In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the South Pacific on what was expected to be a routine flight. In examining that loss and the events leading up to a re...