The Big E : the story of the USS Enterprise / Edward P. Stafford ; with an introduction by Paul Stillwell.

First published by Random House in 1962. First published by Naval Institute Press, with a new introduction, in 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword to the illustrated edition -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Book One. Peace -- War -- Guarding the islands -- Into the South Seas -- Back to Wake -- Colonel Doolittle goes to Tokyo -- Coral Sea cruise -- Action off Midway -- Book Two. Pearl and a mission to the south -- First visit to an ugly island -- The Eastern Solomons -- Ordeal off Santa Cruz -- The slot -- Espiritu, Noumea, and Chicago -- Book Three. Intermission -- Makin and the Marshalls -- First steps west -- Penetration to Palau -- A month in the Marianas -- Foray to the Philippines -- Leyte in the fall -- Hunters in the dark -- Return to Japan -- Tomi Zai -- Epilogue -- Chronological order of events, USS Enterprise -- Commanding officers of USS Enterprise -- Air groups and their commanders embarked in USS Enterprise during World War II -- Battle stars awarded USS Enterprise.