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Never Call Me a Hero by N Jack Dusty Kleiss with Timothy & Laura Orr Soft Cover
Never Call Me a Hero by N Jack Dusty Kleiss with Timothy & Laura Orr
A legendary American dive bomber pilot remembers the Battle of Midway
Soft Cover
312 pages
Copyright 2017
CONTENTS
Foreword by Jill Kleiss ix
Introduction by Norman Jack Kleiss xiii
Maps xix
CHAPTER 1 KANSAS CHILDHOOD, 1916-1932 / 1
CHAPTER 2 THE LURE OF FLIGHT, 1932-1934 / 13
CHAPTER 3 MIDSHIPMAN, 1934-1938 / 23
CHAPTER 4 FINDING LOVE, 1938-1939 / 37
CHAPTER 5 THE NAVY'S SURFACE FLEET, 1939-1940 / 47
CHAPTER 6 FLIGHT TRAINING, 1940-1941 / 67
CHAPTER 7 SCOUTING SQUADRON SIX, PART 1, MAY-JUNE 1941 / 75
CHAPTER 8 SCOUTING SQUADRON SIX, PART 2, JUNE-NOVEMBER 1941 / 95
CHAPTER 9 THE PACIFIC WAR BEGINS, NOVEMBER 1941-JANUARY 1942 / 111
CHAPTER 10 THE BATTLE OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, FEBRUARY 1942 / 129
CHAPTER 11 WAKE AND MARCUS ISLANDS, FEBRUARY-MARCH 1942 / 153
CHAPTER 12 RETURN TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC, MARCH-JUNE 1942 / 165
CHAPTER 13 THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, PART 1, THE MORNING ATTACK, JUNE 4, 1942 / 183
CHAPTER 14 THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, PART 2, THE AFTERNOON ATTACK, JUNE 4, 1942 / 211
CHAPTER 15 THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, PART 3, JUNE 5 AND 6, 1942 / 223
CHAPTER 16 RETURN TO THE STATES, JUNE-OCTOBER 1942 / 237
CHAPTER 17 FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, 1942-1945 / 247
CHAPTER 18 MY LIFE AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1946-1976 / 263
CHAPTER 19 REMEMBERING MIDWAY, 1976-2016 / 273
Afterword by Timothy J. Orr 285
Acknowledgments 291
Appendix: Roster, Scouting Squadron Six, May 1941 to June 1942 293
Glossary of Military Acronyms 296
Index 299
ON THE BACK COVER
"THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE AMERICAN PILOT AT MIDWAY,"
"THE DECISIVE CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF THE PACIFIC IN WORLD WAR II" n
On the morning of June 4, 1942, highs above the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway, Lt. (j.g.)"Dusty" Kleiss piloted his SBD Dauntless into a near-vertical dive aimed at the heart of Japan's Imperial Navy, which six months earlier had ruthlessly struck Pearl Harbor. The greatest naval battle in history raged around him as the U.S. desperately searched for its first major victory of the Second World War. Then, in a matter of seconds, Dusty Kleiss's daring 20,000-foot dive helped forever alter the war's trajectory. By battle's end, the humble young sailor from Kansas had crippled the once-fearsome Japanese fleet, earning his place in history as the only pilot from either side to land hits on three different ships, all of which sank. Now his extraordinary memoir, Never Call Me a Hero, tells the Navy Cross recipient's full story for the first time, offering an intimate look at the Battle of Midway, America's greatest naval victory and the turning point of World War II.
"It is hard to conceive that a better first-person book on the first six months of America's war in the Pacific will surface in the future.... A front-row seat on a Pacific war journey that is action-packed throughout. Kleiss did not live long enough to see his fine work in print, but his memoirs will be treasured by historians and students for decades to come." Stephen L. Moore, Dallas Morning News
"[A] remarkable memoir.... Daring, dashing, and supremely skilled, Kleiss plunges through the heavens to his rendezvous with destiny at the Battle of Midway, where he and his fellow SBD Dauntless drivers of the U.S. Pacific Fleet won the greatest naval victory in history. 'Dusty' Kleiss's name should be known to every American." James D. Hornfischer, author of The Fleet at Flood Tide
"Vivid.... The meticulous attention to detail and compelling narration make it soar.... Personal accounts of Americans who fought in World War II have flourished in the past two decades as they pass from the scene. I cannot think of any I would recommend above this work." World War II magazine
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