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A Harrowing Experience: Missing Air Crews of B-24 units of the 15th Air Force during World War II

World War II Unit Histories, #2

by Glenn E. Stacy, John C. Rigdon ...

Series Book 2 - World War II Unit Histories
After completing Into Hostile Skies: Missing Air Crews of the 459th Bombardment Group, I felt compelled to continue sharing more of the experiences of air crews of additional bomb groups that were a part of that great crusade to rid the world of evil. This volume includes the three other bomb groups that comprised the 304th Bomb Wing, based out of Cerignola, Italy***. A Harrowing Experience: ... Read more

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After completing Into Hostile Skies: Missing Air Crews of the 459th Bombardment Group, I felt compelled to continue sharing more of the experiences of air crews of additional bomb groups that were a part of that great crusade to rid the world of evil. This volume includes the three other bomb groups that comprised the 304th Bomb Wing, based out of Cerignola, Italy***. A Harrowing Experience:
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Never Without Heroes

Marine Third Reconnaissance Battalion in Vietnam, 1965-70

by Lawrence C. Vetter Jr. ...

FOUR CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS OF HONOR,THIRTEEN NAVAL CROSSES,SEVENTY-TWO SILVER STARS . . .In four and a half years in Vietnam, the Marines of the Third Reconnaissance Battalion repeatedly penetrated North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries by foot and by helicopter to find enemy forces, learn the enemy's intentions, and, when possible, bring deadly fire down on his head. Heavily armed, well ... Read more

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FOUR CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS OF HONOR,THIRTEEN NAVAL CROSSES,SEVENTY-TWO SILVER STARS . . .In four and a half years in Vietnam, the Marines of the Third Reconnaissance Battalion repeatedly penetrated North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries by foot and by helicopter to find enemy forces, learn the enemy's intentions, and, when possible, bring deadly fire down on his head. Heavily armed, well
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The Boys in the B-17

8Th Air Force Combat Stories of Wwii

by T/Sgt James Lee Hutchinson EdS ...

The author in flight gear after photo twelfth mission – second Air Medal (age nineteen)He still wears lucky Air Cadet ring!Hutch's third book contains short stories of boys on B-17 Flying Fortress crews in deadly missions with the Eighth Air Force in World War II and stories of his own teenage combat experiences as radio/gunner on twenty missions with the Mighty Eighth.Teenagers enlisted or were ... Read more

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The author in flight gear after photo twelfth mission – second Air Medal (age nineteen)He still wears lucky Air Cadet ring!Hutch's third book contains short stories of boys on B-17 Flying Fortress crews in deadly missions with the Eighth Air Force in World War II and stories of his own teenage combat experiences as radio/gunner on twenty missions with the Mighty Eighth.Teenagers enlisted or were
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Dak To

America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands

by Edward Murphy ...

**“Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy’s meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like.”—San Antonio Express-News“A no-holds barred account . . . highly recommended.”—Military magazine**In June 1967, General William Westmoreland sent the 173d Airborne Brigade to Dak To, a mountainous region in the deadly Central Highlands. Here the 173d found itself ... Read more

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**“Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy’s meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like.”—San Antonio Express-News“A no-holds barred account . . . highly recommended.”—Military magazine**In June 1967, General William Westmoreland sent the 173d Airborne Brigade to Dak To, a mountainous region in the deadly Central Highlands. Here the 173d found itself
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Unsung Eagles

True Stories of America’s Citizen Airmen in the Skies of World War II

by Jay A. Stout ...

The nearly half-million American aircrewmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories.Award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay A. Stout uses Unsung Eagles to save an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. These are not rehashed tales from the hoary icons of the war. Rather, they are stories from the masses of largely unrecognized men ... Read more

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The nearly half-million American aircrewmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories.Award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay A. Stout uses Unsung Eagles to save an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. These are not rehashed tales from the hoary icons of the war. Rather, they are stories from the masses of largely unrecognized men
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Last Stand at Khe Sanh

The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam

by Gregg Jones ...

"Well-written and superbly researched. . . . Much of this engrossing book is devoted to individual Marines and their actions amid horrific combat." — The Dallas Morning NewsIn a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find themselves surrounded by twenty,zero enemy troops. Their only road to the coast was cut, and bad weather and enemy fire ... Read more

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"Well-written and superbly researched. . . . Much of this engrossing book is devoted to individual Marines and their actions amid horrific combat." — The Dallas Morning NewsIn a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find themselves surrounded by twenty,zero enemy troops. Their only road to the coast was cut, and bad weather and enemy fire
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Days of Valor

An Inside Account of the Bloodiest Six Months of the Vietnam War

by Robert L. Tonsetic ...

A Vietnam War battalion commander with the 199th LIB recounts the intense combat he saw during the Tet Offensive and NVA attacks in this candid memoir.This visceral combat memoir chronicles the height of the Vietnam War from the nervous period just before the Tet Offensive through the defeat of that campaign and into the lesser-known yet equally bloody NVA offensive of May 1968. On January 30, ... Read more

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A Vietnam War battalion commander with the 199th LIB recounts the intense combat he saw during the Tet Offensive and NVA attacks in this candid memoir.This visceral combat memoir chronicles the height of the Vietnam War from the nervous period just before the Tet Offensive through the defeat of that campaign and into the lesser-known yet equally bloody NVA offensive of May 1968. On January 30,
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Assault from the Sky

Marine Corps Helicopter Operations in Vietnam

by Dick Camp ...

"Action-packed . . . he brings the reader artfully through the fog of war with clarity" ( 20th Century Aviation Magazine).Vietnam has often been called our "first helicopter war," and indeed, the US Marine Corps, as well as Army, had to feel its way forward during the initial combats. But by 1967, the combat was raging across South Vietnam, with confrontational battles against the NVA on a scale ... Read more

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"Action-packed . . . he brings the reader artfully through the fog of war with clarity" ( 20th Century Aviation Magazine).Vietnam has often been called our "first helicopter war," and indeed, the US Marine Corps, as well as Army, had to feel its way forward during the initial combats. But by 1967, the combat was raging across South Vietnam, with confrontational battles against the NVA on a scale
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The Mighty Eighth

The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It

by Gerald Astor ...

In the skies of World War II Europe, the Eighth Air Force was a defining factor in turning the tide against the Nazis. In these gripping oral histories, the sacrifice, savagery, and supremacy of the “Mighty Eighth” is described by those who experienced it...and survived it.At the outbreak of World War II, America was woefully unprepared for a fight, though Europe was already years into the battle. ... Read more

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In the skies of World War II Europe, the Eighth Air Force was a defining factor in turning the tide against the Nazis. In these gripping oral histories, the sacrifice, savagery, and supremacy of the “Mighty Eighth” is described by those who experienced it...and survived it.At the outbreak of World War II, America was woefully unprepared for a fight, though Europe was already years into the battle.
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Fortress Ploesti

The Campaign to Destroy Hitler's Oil Supply

by Jay A. Stout ...

A comprehensive account of the World War II Allied bombing campaign to destroy pivotal Romanian oil refineries—by the retired Marine Corps fighter pilot.Unlike previous books on Ploesti, Jay Stout goes well beyond the famous big and bloody raid of August 1943 and depicts the entire 1944 strategic campaign of twenty-plus missions that all but knocked Ploesti out of the war and denied the German war ... Read more

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A comprehensive account of the World War II Allied bombing campaign to destroy pivotal Romanian oil refineries—by the retired Marine Corps fighter pilot.Unlike previous books on Ploesti, Jay Stout goes well beyond the famous big and bloody raid of August 1943 and depicts the entire 1944 strategic campaign of twenty-plus missions that all but knocked Ploesti out of the war and denied the German war
... Read more
Courage Under Fire

The 101st Airborne's Hidden Battle at Tam Ky

by Ed Sherwood ...

"A thorough examination of Operation Lamar Plain from the point of view of the soldiers on the ground, particularly those of Sherwood's company." — ARMY MagazineCourage Under Fire is the first book published about Operation Lamar Plain. After 50 years, the story of the renowned 101st Airborne's major offensive near Tam Ky, South Vietnam remains largely unknown. Fighting at Tam Ky by the 1st ... Read more

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"A thorough examination of Operation Lamar Plain from the point of view of the soldiers on the ground, particularly those of Sherwood's company." — ARMY MagazineCourage Under Fire is the first book published about Operation Lamar Plain. After 50 years, the story of the renowned 101st Airborne's major offensive near Tam Ky, South Vietnam remains largely unknown. Fighting at Tam Ky by the 1st
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North American Mustang P-51

Long Range Fighter

by Dave Windle, Martin W. Bowman ...

Series Book 51 - Profiles of Flight
The Mustang was born from a British WW2 specification to North American during 1940. The prototype was completed within 117 days but the RAF was not happy with the aircraft's performance and suggested replacing the V-12 Allison with the more powerful RR Merlin. The result was a superbly fast and maneuverable aircraft that had the range to escort Allied bomber forces on raids deep into occupied ... Read more

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The Mustang was born from a British WW2 specification to North American during 1940. The prototype was completed within 117 days but the RAF was not happy with the aircraft's performance and suggested replacing the V-12 Allison with the more powerful RR Merlin. The result was a superbly fast and maneuverable aircraft that had the range to escort Allied bomber forces on raids deep into occupied
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