Excerpt - page 45: "... COLOR PLATE COMMENTARY A: PRE-WAR IMPERIAL NAVY CARRIERS This plate shows the Imperial Navy's first fleet ... of modern Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships). Each of the major naval depots in Japan unintentionally ..."
Excerpt - page 4: "... rather than cranky reciprocating engines prone to breakdowns. She could show her heels to any battleship afloat. Roosevelt realized that it ..."
Excerpt - page 18: "... ' 1. T. force it was anything but, as the following brief chronology of major carrier operations shows : 1 September 1943: The air groups aboard the three ..."