I t has been my good fortune to have enjoyed the assistance of many people but in particular that of: Brigadier Henry Wilson and his team at my publishers, Pen & Sword Books Ltd.; Andrew Hewson and his team at my Agents, Johnson & Alcock Ltd.; the late Captain Donald MacIntyre and the late David Brown who it seems many years ago now helped to further my understanding of carrier warfare in the Pacific; Noel Bell and Mike Rossiter, both happily still with us, who performed a similar service with regard to British carrier operations; Karen Selley, my editor; Pamela Covey, my proofreader; Sylvia Menzies-Earl, who prepared the manuscript; Philip Fisher and the staff of the Birmingham Institute & Library, the Taylor Library and the Office of Information at the US Navy department, Washington, who between them provided the photographs. To all of these my sincere thanks.
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