This title, the second of two, examines the careers, personalities and fortunes of the key US Naval and Marine commanders of World War II. Among those covered are (USMC) Holland Smith, Julian Smith, Lemuel Shepherd, A. Vandergrift, Roy S. Geiger and (Navy) John P.S. Devereaux, John D. Bulkeley, F.J. Fletcher, Robert Ghormley, Bull Halsey, Thomas Hart, Husband Kimmel, E. King, Kinkaid, Alan G. Kirk, Lee, Charles Lockwood, McCain, Marc A. Mitscher, Chester Nimitz, Joseph J. Rochefort, Norman Scott, Raymond Spruance, Harold R. Stark, Richmond Turner, Wade McCluskey, Daniel V. Gallery, Francis "Frog" Low and Theodore Wilkinson.

Illustrated by: Darko Pavlovic