Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific
Rex Alan Smith is a veteran of 36 months with the Army Engineers in the Pacific. His books include: One Last Look (Abbeville), about the 8th Air Force in World War II, and The Carving of Mount Rushmore (Abbeville). Gerald Meehl, the author of more than 90 articles, has traveled extensively in the South Pacific for three decades and has photographed every major island battlefield as well as other related sites. Joe Foss, Medal of Honor winner at Guadalcanal, was the Marine Corps' Ace of Aces, with 26 confirmed kills, the first American fighter pilot to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's record set in World War I.