The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise
Commander Edward P. Stafford, USN.
Signed by Stanley “Swede” Vejtasa on the half title page. New York: Random House, 1962. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. 6 ½ x 9 ½”. 500 pp. Very good in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in mylar. Minor to moderate rubbing, creases and soiling to the dust jacket with fading along the spine. The text appears unmarked. The binding is solid.

"Stanley Winfield "Swede" Vejtasa (27 July 1914 – 23 January 2013) was a United States Navy career officer and World War II flying ace. During the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, he was credited with downing seven Japanese aircraft in one mission, becoming an "ace in a day"."

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