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Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 306 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history"--
Publisher
Bob Hoover Project, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"WWII veteran, prisoner of war, accomplished test pilot, pace plane for the Unlimited Reno races, air show pilot -- Bob Hoover is considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of modern aerobatics. Jimmy Doolittle called him " ... the greatest stick and rudder man who ever lived." Flying the feathered edge preserves the stories, the friendships, and the legacy that surrounds this man who quietly touched the trajectory of aviation's many developments...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"This is the first biography of Nadine Ramsey, a stunt and racing pilot who served as one of 1,102 Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. The WASP flew domestic flights for the military, freeing up male pilots to enter the European and Pacific theatres of war. Nadine was one of only 303 women who ferried military aircraft. She was also the first Kansas woman to obtain a Civil Aeronautics Authority private flying license, and...
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Description
Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators-Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle-and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage.
This is the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures...
Author
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xiii, 238 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Description
"Catkiller 3-2 is a memoir of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of Marine ground units during the Vietnam War. The author was a part of the Army's 220th Reconnaissance Aircraft Company (RAC), which arrived in Vietnam in late June 1965 Because of the shortage of existing Marine Birddogs, the 220th was immediately reassigned to I Corps and came under the operational control of the Marines. The author details...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington--and Hanoi--to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, one hundred and fifteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried off a huge military transport plane at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. These American servicemen had endured years of brutal torture, kept shackled and...
Series
Library of America volume 351
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xx, 774 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 21 cm.
Description
"This volume brings together the powerful memoirs of three Americans who came of age fighting in the Pacific and who survived to tell their stories." --book jacket
With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa (1981): "Marine veteran E. B. Sledge bears unflinching witness to the horror and degradation of prolonged close-quarters combat. A mortarman serving in a front-line rifle company, Sledge survived thirty days of nightmarish fighting on the remote...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
435 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The thrilling true story of the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War II-only to be forgotten by the country they served When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville's debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they...
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