Well, the decals arrived today. They look great. The marking and codes are very simple. I may scan them and have stencils made so I can paint the markings instead of using the decals themselves. The decal set includes marking for Thomas Hudner's airplane too. May end up building both Corsairs.
I checked the Seminole County Library for the books Devotion and A Higher Call by Adam Makos. The Library does not have them. I'm going to check with a couple of used book stores locally to try to find them.