Forgotten War, Forgiven Guilt

"Forgotten War, Forgiven Guilt" is the author's personal endeavor to tell the complete, accurate history of the 13th Air Force. His vivid, dramatic tale includes how this relatively small band of fighter planes fought the then-greatest naval airpower in the world to a standstill -- thereby halting Japanese expansion in the Pacific and ensuring an eventual allied victory.

In addition to the numerous air battles and rescue missions conducted by the 13th Air force, Witts also describes the atrocities of the Japanese that were more bestial, of longer duration and more widespread than those of Hitler's Germany.

"Unlike Germany, which apologized, prosecuted its criminals and compensated its victims, Japan remains in smug and resolute denial," says Witts. "'Forgotten War, Forgiven Guilt' is my attempt to rectify the historical omission of the 13th Air Force, as well as questions why Japan has never been held accountable for its atrocities."

According to Milton Friedman, economist and Nobel Laureate, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, this book is a highly personal and passionate commentary on the 13th Air Force by someone who was there.