Never Call Me a Hero

The bomber pilot whose bravery in the Battle of Midway changed the course of WWII recounts his story in this extraordinary memoir: “An instant classic” ( Dallas Morning News ). On June 4, 1942, above the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway, Lt. (j.g.) “Dusty” Kleiss piloted his SBD Dauntless into a near-vertical dive aimed at the heart of Japan’s Imperial Navy. The greatest naval battle in history raged around him as the U.S. desperately searched for its first major victory of the Second World War. The