Iron and Fire: The Pacific War of Bruce McCandless with Bruce McCandless III
former chief historian, National WWII Museum
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Bruce McCandless III discusses his grandfather's unpublished WWII memoir, discovered under a hay bale in a barn in 2022 — the elder McCandless was a Medal of Honor recipient in the Pacific naval war.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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