
Here is the story of the U.S. Navy's Most Celebrated Carrier Fighters of the Pacific War. Led by Captain David McCampbell, the daring fighter pilots of the "Fabled Fifteen" spearheaded the American drive to regain control of the Pacific during the Second World War. This stirring history tells why Air Group 15 was one of the most highly decorated air groups of the war, participating in the action at Marcus and Wake Islands, the Marianas, Iwo Jima, Formosa, and Okinawa as well as the two major air/sea battles in the Philippines and Leyte Gulf.