How the Rugged F4F Wildcat Held the Line During World War II
As Joe Foss scanned the skies on January 25, 1943, he spotted a large formation of 100 Japanese bombers and escort planes flying toward Guadalcanal. With only 12 fighters in his attack group, the Marine Corps captain recognized he was impossibly outnumbered. That didn’t stop Foss, though. The cigar-chomping, tough-as-nails......