Fabled Fifteen
(By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
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Few authors cover aviation and war with the authenticity that Thomas McKelvey Cleaver brings to "Fabled Fifteen." The carrier based naval aviators who fought in the Pacific in World War II had a difficult, demanding, exciting job and Cleaver captures their experience, from a well known Medal of Honor ace to an obscure, lowly ensign. This is a fast paced, character driven narrative that will grab you and hold you.-- Robert F. Dorr, author Mission To Tokyo.
Cleaver's book is a splendid effort that is eminently readable, detailed, and action packed. Buttressed by years of research, the book is not just a dry recounting of dates and missions; rather, it examines the men and their lives through interviews with surviving members, diaries and contemporary letters. Cleaver uses it all to transform words on a page into real and empathetic men.-- LCOL Jay A. Stout USMC (Ret), author, Fighter Group.
Cleaver provides a very clear sequence of both naval strategy and tactics of both sides of the two greatest naval battles in history, the Marianas Turkey Shoot and the Battles of Leyte Gulf.-- CDR Jack D. Woodul, USN (Ret).
Cleaver does a magnificent job in telling the human side of the story of Carrier Air Group 15, perhaps the most successful of its type. The author gives the human story of the heroism of the fighter, dive bomber and torpedo plane pilots who inflicted tremendous losses on the Japanese. But he also places Air Group 15 s exploits in the context of the larger events of the war.-- COL Walter J. Boyne, USAF (Ret), retired curator, National Air And Space Museum, author The Wild Blue.
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver's FABLED FIFTEEN, The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15 is a great bit of history mixing factual research and the personal touch through letters and interviews. The sagas of USS Enterprise, Air Wing 15 and its CAG, David McCampbell, have each been told before, but, until now, not together in a comprehensible and readable whole. This book is on the top of my reference stack. CDR Robert R. Boom Powell, USN (Ret).
Previous accounts of Air Group 15's activities have mostly been a summary of flight records with little other detail, so we have learned little of the men who actually flew and maintained the planes during that time. They all have fascinating stories to tell that the author has captured for our enjoyment.-- CDR David P. McCampbell, USN (Ret).”
