John F. Wukovits is a military historian, who specializes in the Pacific theater during World War II.^[1]

Education

He graduated from the University of Notre Dame,^[1] where he studied with Bernard Norling.^[2]

Career

Wukovits has also written articles for WWII History, Naval History, and World War II.^[1]

Tin Can Titans received the 2018 RADM Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature.^[3]

His works

• Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island New York, N.Y.: New American Library, 2003. ISBN 0451208730 OCLC 51728802
• Eisenhower: A Biography New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9781403971371 OCLC 65521576
• One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa New York: NAL Caliber, 2006. ISBN 0451218477 OCLC 63125812
• American Commando: Evans Carlson, His WWII Marine Raiders, and America’s First Special Forces Mission New York: NAL Caliber, 2009. ISBN 9780451226921 OCLC 268795493
• Black Sheep: The Life of Pappy Boyington. Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute, 2013. ISBN 9781591149804 OCLC 854618214
• For Crew and Country: The Inspirational True Story of Bravery and Sacrifice Aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013. ISBN 9780312681890 OCLC 795172343
• Hell from the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
• Tin Can Titans: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron. 2017. ISBN 9780306824302 OCLC 952369729