No Higher Honor; the U.S.S. Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Jeff Nesmith - 1999

Marietta, GA: Longstreet , 1999 Longstreet, Marietta, GA. 1999. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bottom edge shelfwear. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($24.00); slight bumping to head and tail. Burgundy grained boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Maps as endpapers. 280 pp 8vo. On June 2, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown was involved in one of the greatest naval battles of all time at Midway Island that turned the tide of battle in World War II. She fought well but eventually was sunk by Japanese aircraft. This is the story of the Yorktown more than 50 years later from the survivors, diaries, and official records. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.