Название: In Defense of Freedom: Stories of Courage and Sacrifice of World War II Army Air Forces Flyers
Автор: Wolfgang W. E. Samuel
Издательство: University Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1628462175
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 492
Размер: 12,5 МБ
Язык: Английский
The twenty-seven stories in this book serve as a graphic reminder of the selfless heroism of America's World War II Army Air Forces flyers and how necessary they were to achieve Allied victory. Wolfgang Samuel and the pilots he interviewed reveal the peril these men faced to achieve a daunting task, impossible without their bravery. And their sacrifices were stunning–American bomber crews suffered the highest casualties (KIA, MIA, POW, wounded) of all American armed services in World War II. The stories preserved in this book bear that grave danger out. A member of a heavy bomber crew in the 8th Air Force in the period from mid-1942 to spring 1944 was less likely to survive than a US Marine fighting on Iwo Jima or Okinawa.