The Wild Blue
The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 Stephen E. Ambrose,
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
ISBN: 0743504704
Edition: Audio Cassette; 2001-08-01
Summary:
The very young men who flew the B24s over Germany in World War II
against terrible odds were an exemplary band of brothers. In The Wild
Blue, Stephen Ambrose recounts their extraordinary brand of heroism,
skill, daring, and comradeship. Stephen Ambrose describes how the
Army Air Forces recruited, trained, and chose those few who would
undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. These are
the boys -- turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners of
the B24s -- who suffered over 50 percent casualties. Ambrose carries
us along in the crowded, uncomfortable, and dangerous B24s as their
crews fought to the death through thick, black, deadly flak to reach
their targets and destroy the German war machine or else went down in
flames. Twenty-two-year-old George McGovern who was to become a
United States senator and a presidential candidate, flew thirty-five
combat missions (all the Army would allow) and won the Distinguished
Flying Cross. We meet him and his mates, his co-pilot killed in
action, and crews of other planes -- many of whom did not come back.
As Band of Brothers and Citizen Soldiers portrayed the bravery and
ultimate victory of the American soldier from Normandy on to Germany,
The Wild Blue makes clear the contribution these young men of the
Army Air Forces stationed in Italy made to the Allied victory.
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