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$17.95  Buy | David & The Mighty Eighth
Marjorie Hodgson Parker
A young British boy, David Freeman, is caught in the cruelty of World War II from the time he’s 10 until he’s 15 years old. Evacuated from his war-torn London home during the Blitz, devastated by the news that his father, a Royal Air Force pilot, is missing in action, and determined to become a man, David seeks what it takes to have courage. Based on a true story, this historical fiction recounts David’s adventures and the forging of his friendship with an American pilot, “Tex,” and his crew. The friendly airmen with the United States’ Eighth Air Force, “The Mighty Eighth,” give David hope when Hitler’s Nazis... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$24.95 Buy | Winning My Wings
A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II
Marion Stegeman Hodgson
One of the first women in the United States to train as a military pilot, Marion Hodgson was part of a little-known World War II experiment called the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) program, which gave young women the then unheard-of opportunity to fly military aircraft. An unlikely volunteer, Hodgson was at first terrified of flying, but she and other WASPs succeeded not only in winning their wings, but in breaking the barriers against women in military cockpits. This is an action-packed story, often humorous and sometimes harrowing, told mostly through letters Hodgson wrote to a Marine pilot fighting for his life after a fiery crash. ... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$29.95 Buy | Okinawa Odyssey
Bob Green
Upon the 60th anniversary of the Battle for Okinawa comes this remembering of the Tenth Army of the Pacific Theatre campaign, recounted by Bob Green, then a 20-year-old Second Lieutenant of the 763d Tank Battalion attached to the 96th Infantry Division. The invasion, launched on April Fool’s Day/Easter Sunday, 1945, began the last major battle of World War II, fought as war in Europe ended and President Roosevelt died. Three months later, the Okinawa arena was declared secure, at sobering sacrifice by the 1st, 2d and 6th Marine Divisions and the 96th, 7th, 77th and 27th Army Divisions... More » |
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