Edward Peary Stafford (1918–2013)
Auteur de The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Edward Peary Stafford
Sun, earth and man : the need to know : the quest for knowledge of sun-earth relations (1982) 3 exemplaires
Peary and His Promised Land: The Story of a Love Affair Between a Man and an Island (1998) 1 exemplaire
The Descendants of the Expeditions: The Peary Family 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Stafford, Edward Peary
- Nom légal
- Stafford, Edward Peary
- Date de naissance
- 1918-07-16
- Date de décès
- 2013-09-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Portland, Maine, USA
- Relations
- Peary, Robert E. (grandfather)
- Organisations
- United States Navy
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Critiques
The Big E : the story of the USS Enterprise par Edward Peary Stafford
A competent combat history of one of the first ships built completely as an aircraft carrier that figured largely in the evolution of carrier warfare in WWII. The prose is unexceptional, but there's a good deal of detail about the air war in the Solomons.
An excellent account of the most decorated US Navy warship to emerge from World War II. A must read for anyone interested in the Pacific War. Following the Japanese surge across the Pacific in 1941 the Enterprise was part of every significant US operation except the Battle of the Coral Sea from Dec 1941 through the conquest of Guadalcanal. The details of some of the later carrier actions seem light in comparison to the extensive accounts of the ship's battles in the Solomon Islands, but in the early battles the Enterprise was often operating with only 1 or 2 other carriers instead of the powerful Task Force 38/58 of the later war years.… (plus d'informations)
This is an excellent introduction to the small craft seagoing men of war of the U.S. Navy in WW II and the men who served in them. It recounts the author's command of SC-692, in training then in combat in the Med. Highly reccomended personal narrrative. (My wife's uncle served under Stafford and was later the last US CO of SC-692
Good story of probably the most famous US Navy ship of World War 2. It is a bit dated in information we now have about the war and Enterprise operations in it.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Membres
- 300
- Popularité
- #78,268
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 19