Heroes in the Skies: American Aviators in World War II
by Ian Darling
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- Hardcover
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- 1454917490
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- 9781454917496
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Union Square, 2016. Hardcover. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2016 Sterling Books an imprint of Union Square and Company hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, these gripping true stories capture the astonishing bravery of the fliers who helped win World War II. American pilots fought fierce and often deadly battles in every theater of war, and many overcame incredible obstacles to survive. Meet some of these courageous aviators, including George McGovern, who survived enemy fire that left 110 holes in his aircraft; George H. W. Bush, shot down in the Pacific; Jim Landis, a naval flyer stationed in Pearl Harbor who returned fire even after sustaining a bullet through his hand; Alex Jefferson, a Tuskegee airman shot down over France and taken prisoner; and Betty Blake, one of the little-known women pilots who aided the war effort. Clifton Truman Daniel, a grandson of President Truman, provides the foreword to this collection of carefully researched and vividly told profiles in courage that will transport you to the bullet-ridden, bomb-laden skies of the early 1940s.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Heroes in the Skies: American Aviators in World War II
- Author
- Ian Darling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1454917490
- ISBN 13
- 9781454917496
- Publisher
- Union Square
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- George H. W. Bush, Tuskegee, World War II, Aviation,
- Bookseller catalogs
- War;
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