by Tommy H. Thomason

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Angelo Romano Rules!

 Angelo Romano has been creating excellent books on U.S. Navy operating units since at least 2004. He has an enormous and well-organized collection of photos (some of which he has taken himself over the years); books and documents; and an address book of subject-matter experts second to none. His latest, published in conjunction with Ginter Books, is World Class Diamondbacks, A Pictorial History of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102):


It is available from Ginter Books: http://www.ginterbooks.com/NAVAL/NF306/USN_SQ_Hist_306.htm

You can buy with confidence that it is as comprehensive, informative, beautifully illustrated, and high-quality as his other books.


I’ve written brief reviews about most of them, which probably don’t do them justice; I’ve assumed that if you have any interest in the subject matter, you will not hesitate to buy any of them: