John F. Wukovits

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

Education
He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied with Bernard Norling.

Career
Wukovits has also written articles for WWII History, Naval History, and World War II.

Tin Can Titans received the 2018 RADM Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature.

His works

 * Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island New York, N.Y.: New American Library, 2003. ISBN 0451208730
 * Eisenhower: A Biography New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9781403971371
 * One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa New York: NAL Caliber, 2006. ISBN 0451218477
 * American Commando: Evans Carlson, His WWII Marine Raiders, and America’s First Special Forces Mission New York: NAL Caliber, 2009. ISBN 9780451226921
 * Black Sheep: The Life of Pappy Boyington. 	Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute, 2013. ISBN 9781591149804
 * 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
 * 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