Description: Superb account of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the "Lex" in WW II by Stanley Johnston of the Chicago Tribune who was on the carrier, the U.S.S. Lexington (the "Lex"). It was the first WW II Navy battle fought by ships not in sight of each other -- only by their launched aircraft which did the fighting and damage. The "Lex" was fatally damaged and sunk -- but virtually all crewmen were rescued.
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Publication Year: 1942
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Queen of the Flat-tops The U.S.S. Lexington
Author: Stanley Johnston
Publisher: E.P Dutton& Co., Inc.
Genre: The Coral Sea Battle
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