Operation Vengeance called for 18 P-38G Lightnings, led by Major Mitchell, to fly to Bougainville Island the next morning, intercept Yamamoto ’s bomber, and shoot it down, killing the infamous admiral ...

Nearly a year and a half after the Pearl Harbor attack, the United States Office for Naval Intelligence intercepted and deciphered a coded message from the Japanese. The Americans realised they had ...

Author's note -- Foreword by Rex Barber Jr. and Rex Barber III -- Prologue -- Cauldron -- The twilight -- Down but never out -- Shoestring -- The American toe -- Borrowed lives -- Magnificent courage ...