Dauntless Triumph

Only a month after the first aircraft carrier battle in history, another even bigger carrier clash looms between the US and Japan as war rages in the Pacific. Lieutenant Alan Ericsson pilots a dive bomber [DF1] aboard the USS Yorktown, the sole carrier to return from the previous battle, still bearing the scars of that conflict. American forces have an ace in their sleeve: Alan's wife Jennifer and other codebreakers have discovered Japan's plans. But the US Navy's damaged Yorktown and two other carriers are outmatched by Japan's four. A victory could turn the tide of war in America's favor. A defeat could spell doom for its Pacific forces-and perhaps for the entire free world.