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Iron and Fire: The Pacific War of Bruce McCandless with Bruce McCandless III

Unauthorized History of the Pacific War · Seth Paridon, Bill Toti · 1h19m
former chief historian, National WWII Museum
World War IINavalMemoir & Personal Account
Selection · Edition 2026-10-23

Bruce McCandless III discusses his grandfather's unpublished WWII memoir, discovered under a hay bale in a barn in 2022 — the elder McCandless was a Medal of Honor recipient in the Pacific naval war. Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall draw out the operational detail, though the family-memoir framing means this leans personal narrative over tactical analysis.

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