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The Fast Carriers
The Forging of an Air Navy
by Clark Reynolds
536 Pages, Published 2013 by Naval Institute Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61251-360-7, ISBN: 1-61251-360-3

"The Navy entered the war using the tactical doctrine for carriers established by Halsey in March 1941.” Until mid-1940 the carriers participated in battle-line maneuvers, including landing operations, independent tactics, and one new vital function: at-sea refueling. In June 1939 Saratoga refueled from a fleet tanker off California, initiating the logistical procedures necessary to support the fast carriers in the open Pacific agai ..."






On the Warpath in the Pacific
Admiral Jocko Clark and the Fast Carriers
by Clark G. Reynolds
Digital, 561 Pages, Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-61251-361-4, ISBN: 1-61251-361-1

"When caught, he declared that he wanted to kill “that fellow Clark for expunging my testimony.” A more positive experience was filming action scenes on board ship and in the air for the Hollywood motion picture Wings over Honolulu. Jock, assigned as liaison officer, was so impressed by the filmmakers' speed and efficiency that “I felt the Navy could profit by copying some Hollywood procedures ”—a harbinger of his future wartime cont ..."

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