TY - BOOK AU - Kleiss,N.Jack AU - Orr,Timothy J. AU - Orr,Laura Lawfer TI - Never call me a hero: a legendary American dive-bomber pilot remembers the Battle of Midway SN - 9780062692054 PY - 2017///] CY - New York, NY PB - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Kleiss, N. Jack. KW - United States KW - Navy KW - Scouting Squadron Six KW - Biography KW - Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6) KW - Midway, Battle of, 1942 KW - Personal narratives, American KW - Dive bomber pilots KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Aerial operations, American KW - Naval operations, American KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft KW - Personal narratives N1 - Includes index; Foreword / by Jill Kleiss -- Introduction / by Norman Jack Kleiss -- Kansas childhood, 1916-1932 -- The lure of flight, 1932-1934 -- Midshipman, 1934-1938 -- Finding love, 1938-1939 -- The Navy's surface fleet, 1939-1940 -- Flight training, 1940-1941 -- Scouting Squadron Six, part 1, May-June 1941 -- Scouting Squadron Six, part 2, June-November 1941 -- The Pacific War begins, November 1941-January 1942 -- The battle of the Marshall Islands, February 1942 -- Wake and Marcus Islands, February-March 1942 -- Return to the central Pacific, March-June 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 1, the morning attack, June 4, 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 2, the afternoon attack, June 4, 1942 -- The Battle of Midway, part 3, June 5 and 6, 1942 -- Return to the States, June-October 1942 -- Flight instructor, 1942-1945 -- My life after the Second World War, 1946-1976 -- Remembering Midway, 1976-2016 -- Afterword / by Timothy J. Orr -- Appendix: Roster, Scouting Squadron Six, May 1941 to June 1942 N2 - 75 years ago, one daring American pilot may have changed the course of history when he struck and sank two Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway. Now, legendary dive-bomber "Dusty" Kleiss shares his unforgettable eyewitness account of America's greatest naval victory ER -