Description
Originally written for his family, A Flash of Green recounts Charles McCandless’ unusual career as a naval officer in the Pacific. He was at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, the battle of Midway, Guadalcanal, the island hopping campaigns in the Pacific, and the retaking of the Philippines. It was only later that he realized the relevance of these actions that he was very much a part of, first as a naval aviator and then as an engineering officer with the Navy’s Construction Battalions (CB) Seabees.
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