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"From the authors of the New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Isand Halsey's Typhoon comes the dramatic, untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the War in the Pacific--but not without making the ultimate sacrifice,"--Baker & Taylor.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Sgt. Steve Maharidge, like many of his generation, hardly ever talked about the war. The only sign he'd served in it was a single black and white photograph of himself and another soldier tacked to the wall of his basement workshop. After Steve Maharidge's death, his son Dale, now an adult, began a twelve-year quest to understand his father's preoccupation with the photo. What had happened during the battle for Okinawa, and why had his father remained...
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Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
[1994], c1993
Language
English
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Andy McNab provides an account of his experiences as leader of a British Special Forces team sent behind enemy lines in Iraq in 1991 to destroy scud missiles, and discusses the tortures he and his men endured after being captured.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"From the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Heart of Everything That Is comes the dramatic, untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their rebuilt B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the War in the Pacific -- but not without making the ultimate sacrifice."
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