It is summer, 1939. Like most Americans, young Grant Kirk is blissfully unaware of the secret war waging in central Asia. As that conflict grows, expert Japanese fighter pilot Isamu Ando engages Soviet fighter pilots over the Mongolian border and adds to his experience and kill list. After Pearl Harbor, Grant leaves college to join the millions of Americans who risk their lives to defend their country. Grant and two of his college wrestling teammates join different specialties of the Marine Corps. Grant is stationed in the South Pacific and soon must pit his skill with his F4F Wildcat in a...