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| Title | : | Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0891416781 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
Great Book! Everything in this book is exactly the way my Father, co-pilot of a B-2Great Book! MrFRM Everything in this book is exactly the way my Father, co-pilot of a B-24 (491st Bomb Group), 35 missions told me. Author McManus totally nailed it! Great read.. (Great Book! MrFRM Everything in this book is exactly the way my Father, co-pilot of a B-24 (491st Bomb Group), 35 missions told me. Author McManus totally nailed it! Great read.. 91st Bomb Group), 35 missions told me. Author McManus totally nailed it! Great read.. "A thorough study of life as an American flier in WWII" according to John K. Druitt. Covers every aspect of the airmen's lives, their motivations, and what it was like to serve. Grateful for the heroism that helped win the war.. "The Greatest Generation Takes to the Air" according to Marc L. Tavasci. Just as he did in "The Deadly Brotherhood", John McManus has once again come up with a great oral history collection, this time on American airmen in World War II. Various aspects of the war are covered, including training, combat, interaction with local inhabitants, being wounded and/or shot down, replacement pilots and crew, leadership and opinions on the enemy.The majority of the recollections are actual quotes from those involved, although there are snippets of letters written to loved ones as well. All branches of the American armed forces are covered, with members of the 8th Air Force being the most common. However,
McManus is a master of the art of oral history and one of the outstanding historians of World War II.”—Donald L. It combines superb analysis of the World War II air war around the world with riveting, often heartbreaking eyewitness testimony from the participantsA truly great read.”—Tom Fleming, Author of The Great Divide“Especially moving are the words of the men who struggled to make sense of the horrors of war. Miller, Author of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany“Using their own words, a vivid, thematic report on the personalities, thoughts, and experiences of American airmen in combat during World War II. They were not simply extensions of the war effort but fiercely independent men who thought seriously about what they were doing.”&mdas
John C. He earned a PhD in American and Military History from the University of Tennessee, where he served as Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society and was a Normandy Scholar. As a leading authority on the Normandy invasion, he holds a Cantigny First Division Museum Fellowship. . McManus is the author of The Dead and Those About to Die, September Hope, and Grunts. He is
Using the same approach as in Deadly Brotherhood, his previous book on combat soldiers and marines, author McManus examines the dangerous world of the American combat airmen in World War II.
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