Dirty Eddie's War: Based on the World War II Diary of Harry "Dirty Eddie" March, Jr., Pacific Fighter Ace Metadata

Title

• Main Title Dirty Eddie's War: Based on the World War II Diary of Harry "Dirty Eddie" March, Jr., Pacific Fighter Ace
• Series Title North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series; no. 20

Creator

• Author: Cook, Lee
  Creator Type: Personal
  Creator Info: Lee Cook is the author of The Skull and Crossbones Squadron: VF-17 in World War II; Fighting 17: A Photographic History of VF-17 in World War II; and The Aces of Fighting 17: VF-17’s Top Guns in World War II. He lives in Norfolk, England, with his wife Michele.

Contributor

• Author of introduction, etc.: Landreth, William
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Writer of foreword, University of North Texas Press.

Publisher

• Name: University of North Texas Press
  Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
  Additional Info: Web: http://untpress.unt.edu/

Date

• Creation: 2021-08

Language

• English

Description

• Content Description: Dirty Eddie’s War is the true account of the war-time experiences of Harry Andrew March, Jr., captured by way of diary entries addressed to his beloved wife, Elsa. Nicknamed “Dirty Eddie” by his comrades, he served as a member of four squadrons operating in the South Pacific, frequently under difficult and perilous conditions. Flying initially from aircraft carriers covering the landings at Guadalcanal in August 1942, he was one of the first pilots in the air over the island and then later based at Henderson Field with the “Cactus Air Force.” When he returned to combat at Bougainville and the “Hot Box” of Rabaul, the exploits of the new Corsair squadron “Fighting Seventeen” became legendary. Disregarding official regulations, March kept an unauthorized diary recording life onboard aircraft carriers, the brutal campaign and primitive living conditions on Guadalcanal, and the shattering loss of close friends and comrades. He captures the intensity of combat operations over Rabaul and the stresses of overwhelming enemy aerial opposition. Lee Cook presents Dirty Eddie’s story through genuine extracts from his diary supplemented with contextual narrative on the war effort. It reveals the personal account of a pilot’s innermost thoughts: the action he saw, the effects of his harrowing experiences, and his longing to be reunited with the love of his life back home.
• Physical Description: xxx, 320 p. : ill.

Subject

• Named Person: March, Harry Andrew, Jr., 1919-1946
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States Navy - Fighting Squadron VF-17 - Biography
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Fighter pilots - United States - Diaries
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Ocean
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Fighter pilots
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Pacific Ocean
• Keyword: Aviation
• Keyword: World War II
• Keyword: Biography

Coverage

• Place Name: United States

Collection

• Name: General Collection
  Code: UNTGC
• Name: University of North Texas Press
  Code: UNTP

Institution

• Name: UNT Libraries
  Code: UNT

Rights

• Rights Access: unt
• Rights Holder: Cook, Lee
• Rights Holder: Landreth, William
• Rights License: copyright
• Rights Statement: All rights reserved.

Resource Type

• Book

Format

• Text

Identifier

• OCLC: 1246676086
• ISBN: 9781574418415
• ISBN: 9781574418514
• Library of Congress Control Number: 2021017334
• Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1948350

Note

• Display Note: The electronic edition of this book was made possible by the support of the Vick Family Foundation. Typeset by vPrompt eServices.