Untold Valor: Forgotten Stories of American Bomber Crews Over Europe in World War II - Softcover

Morris, Rob

 
9781574889994: Untold Valor: Forgotten Stories of American Bomber Crews Over Europe in World War II
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1574889990 ISBN 13: 9781574889994
Verlag: Potomac Books Inc, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

For the men of the Army Air Corps in early World War II, the chance of surviving the obligatory twenty-five missions without death, injury, or imprisonment was one in three. In this groundbreaking book, Rob Morris has sought out remarkable but little-known stories of the air war from the men who lived and fought it.Based on hundreds of interviews with American veterans and their families, Untold Valor illuminates the courage of airmen whose exploits have until now remained untold. Read about Jewish aviators’ experiences as POWs in German camps. Learn about American airmen who were imprisoned, even killed, by the neutral Swiss and about two Air Corps enlisted men who changed U.S. policy toward liberated concentration camp survivors. Also discover the unusual story of Luftwaffe commander Herman Goering’s nephew, who flew B-17 missions against Germany. While some of the stories cover major events, most are about incidents and individuals misrepresented or overlooked by history books. Yet their efforts were vital, their lives forever changed.Detailed and moving, Untold Valor is certain to interest the serious air historian and the casual reader alike. With a foreword by the editor of B–17s Over Berlin.

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Rob Morris is an American military writer who lives in Idaho.

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Verlag
Potomac Books Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1574889990
ISBN 13 
9781574889994
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
276
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