S2E4: Marines over Guadalcanal, WW2: Part 4 - Captain Joe Foss (continued), USMC, F4F Wildcat pilot

The Aviation Medals of Honor

Conclusion of Captain Joe Foss' story. Following their defeat in October, the Japanese gear up for another push to take Guadalcanal. The fate of the island will be decided over the course of several days of intense air and naval action from 12-15 November. Once again, the flyers of the Cactus Air Force will be in the thick of the action.

Selected readings:

Joe Foss Flying Marine: The Story of his Flying Circus, Joe Foss and Walter Simmons

History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War 2, Robert Sherrod

Wildcat, the F4F in WW2, Barrett Tillman

Time of Aces: Marine Pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944, Cdr Peter Mersky

Fire in the Sky, The Air War in the South Pacific, Eric Bergerud

Guadalcanal 1942-43: Japan's Bid to Knock Out Henderson Field and the Cactus Air Force, Mark Stille

*I did my best with Japanese names, please excuse any errors.

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