Wake Island Pilot: A World War II Memoir

Within hours of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese struck the small U.S. garrison on Wake Island. As his squadron's engineering officer, Marine pilot John F. Kinney oversaw the repair of damaged planes when he himself was not in the air fighting off the Japanese assault. After the Americans held out for an incredible two weeks, Kinney was captured by the Japanese but eventually escaped in China. Wake Island Pilot is the memoir of a remarkable hero of one of World War II's epic struggles. Book jacket.Kinney, John F. is the author of 'Wake Island Pilot: A World War II Memoir', published 1995 under ISBN 9781574880359 and ISBN 1574880357.