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Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate battle of survival against the Luftwaffe over Britain. Then, from across the Atlantic, came a new generation of American pilots, gunners, and bombardiers, a new generation of flying machines called the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang fighter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Good Listen with 1 problem
- De Matthew Schuller en 08-23-19
De: Gerald Astor
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Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II
- De: Philip Ardery
- Narrado por: James Killavey
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
"The sky was full of dying airplanes" as American Liberator bombers struggled to return to North Africa after their daring low-level raid on the oil refineries of Ploesti. They lost 446 airmen and 53 planes, but Philip Ardery's plane came home. This pilot was to take part in many more raids on Hitler's Europe, including air cover for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. This vivid firsthand account records one man's experience of World War II air warfare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating...and true story
- De Loretta en 06-24-15
De: Philip Ardery
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Pucker Factor 10
- Memoir of a US Army Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam
- De: James Joyce
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 141
The author was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC, and he went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. His experiences are notable because he flew both Huey “Slicks” and Huey “Gunships”: the former on defense as he flew troops into battle, and the latter on offense as he took the battle to the enemy. Through this book, the author relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to his and other pilots’ day-to-day lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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gunship crew chief point of view.
- De Anonymous User en 02-12-20
De: James Joyce
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The Wild Blue
- The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Jeffrey DeMunn
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 863
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 769
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 769
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required Reading
- De Lyle en 11-22-11
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Undaunted Valor
- An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam
- De: Colonel Matt Jackson
- Narrado por: Jack Nolan
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 169
Undaunted Valor is the firsthand account of helicopter pilot, Colonel Dan Cory as he flies combat missions in the jungles of Vietnam. From dodging enemy ground fire and RPGs, to constant mortar and rocket attacks on his base, Colonel Cory stared down the enemy to bring his fellow soldiers’ home.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story. Horrible narration.
- De tabhastal en 03-22-21
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Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story
- North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series
- De: Chuck Gross
- Narrado por: Gerry Burke
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 369
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 326
Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat, to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. Soon after the war, Gross wrote down his adventures, while his memory was still fresh with the events. Rattler One-Seven (his call sign) is written as he experienced it, using these notes along with letters written home to accurately preserve the mindset he had while in Vietnam.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Best Helicopter books I've listened to!
- De Chad en 02-12-14
De: Chuck Gross
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The Mighty Eighth
- The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It
- De: Gerald Astor
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 23 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 323
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 321
Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate battle of survival against the Luftwaffe over Britain. Then, from across the Atlantic, came a new generation of American pilots, gunners, and bombardiers, a new generation of flying machines called the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang fighter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Good Listen with 1 problem
- De Matthew Schuller en 08-23-19
De: Gerald Astor
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The Vietnam Air War
- From the Cockpit
- De: Colonel Dennis M. "Mike" Ridnouer
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 125
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 122
The Vietnam War is one of the most misunderstood military conflicts in 20th-century America. Showcasing 72 true stories told by American servicemen who fought from the skies, this unique and historically significant collection is a stunning record of the air war in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Overall worthy and perspective broadening
- De Clayton Cartier en 11-03-20
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An Officer, Not a Gentleman
- The Inspirational Journey of a Pioneering Female Fighter Pilot
- De: Mandy Hickson
- Narrado por: Mandy Hickson
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 36
Flying a multi-million pound fighter jet in hostile territory is not an everyday career, and it comes with a high degree of pressure and responsibility. It’s a dream job that takes years of ambition, training and commitment, but for Mandy Hickson, it was a dream that became reality. Find out about Mandy’s incredible journey to become one of the UK’s first female, fast-jet pilots and how she overcame many obstacles to develop the skills to succeed in such a demanding career.
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2 out of 5 stars
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These reviews are getting hard to trust
- De Justin Campbell en 02-18-22
De: Mandy Hickson
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Catkiller 3-2
- An Army Pilot Flying for the Marines in the Vietnam War
- De: Raymond G. Caryl
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of marine ground units during the Vietnam War. When Gen. William Westmoreland changed the marines' role in I Corps into a combat one, the Marines found themselves in need of more fixed wing aircraft to handle the TACA missions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed this book.
- De David Kocol en 08-23-23
De: Raymond G. Caryl
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Damn Lucky
- One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
- De: Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Holter Graham, John Luckadoo
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 258
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 230
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 228
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was a world away from John Luckadoo’s hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. But when the Japanese attacked the American naval base on December 7, 1941, he didn’t hesitate to join the military. Trained as a pilot with the United States Air Force, Second Lieutenant Luckadoo was assigned to the 100th Bomb Group stationed in Thorpe Abbotts, England. Between June and October 1943, he flew B-17 Flying Fortresses over France and Germany on bombing runs devised to destroy the Nazi war machine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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must read
- De td godfrey en 10-06-22
De: Kevin Maurer
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Fighter Pilot
- The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
- De: Robin Olds, Christina Olds, Ed Rasimus
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 17 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,032
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,580
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,575
A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—a double ace with twelve aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top Notch Audiobook
- De R. A. Frank en 10-08-10
De: Robin Olds, y otros
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War's End
- An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission
- De: Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, James A. Antonucci - contributor, Marion K. Antonucci - contributor
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 33
On August 9, 1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a 25-year-old American Army Air Corps major named Charles W. Sweeney climbed aboard a B-29 Superfortress in command of his first combat mission, one devised specifically to bring a long and terrible war to a necessary conclusion.... The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read!
- De Trixxie en 05-06-24
De: Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, y otros
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Mission
- Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe
- De: Robert Matzen, Leonard Maltin - foreward
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 607
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 558
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 556
In March 1941 Jimmy Stewart, America's boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps to fulfill his family mission and serve his country. He rose from private to colonel and participated in 20 often-brutal World War II combat missions over Germany and France. In mere months the war took away his boyish looks as he faced near-death experiences and the loss of men under his command. The war finally won, he returned home with millions of other veterans to face an uncertain future.
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1 out of 5 stars
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SKIP THIS ONE
- De G-Man en 05-13-18
De: Robert Matzen, y otros
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Warriors at 500 Knots
- Intense Stories of Valiant Crews Flying the Legendary F-4 Phantom II in the Vietnam Air War.
- De: Robert F Kirk
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
As the ground war struggled for success in Vietnam, it became intensely clear that the skies had to be owned by the allies for victory to have a chance. It was the F-4 and its pilots that made that possible. The author, a Phantom pilot himself, details intense stories of undaunted and valiant American pilots with their legendary fierce Phantom. These are personal stories of intrepid courage and self-sacrifice to get the mission done - whatever the cost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Material
- De Mark Murphy en 12-31-14
De: Robert F Kirk
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This Is Minuteman: Two, Three...Go!
- Memoirs of a Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan
- De: Wayne Chasson
- Narrado por: Rodney Miles
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 30
Relive six decades of flying helicopters, including an extended tour in Vietnam and the mountains of Afghanistan, with a little Iraq, Kuwait, and National Guard thrown in. This is Minuteman: Two, Three…Go! recounts Wayne Chasson’s times, from the early, young, and dumb days to becoming a more seasoned pilot of Huey and other helicopters in three American wars and the National Guard here at home. Chasson relives it all for us in this gritty and honest memoir — with humility, humor, and gratitude — as he himself is still trying to figure out how he made it through alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- De Amazon Customer en 04-20-24
De: Wayne Chasson
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Surprised at Being Alive
- An Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond
- De: Robert F. Curtis
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isn't your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart in flight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below, or the enemy gunner pulls the trigger at just the right moment and his rounds find your aircraft in exactly the right spot to take it out of the sky. Whichever way it happens, it wasn't your day.
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2 out of 5 stars
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An Exciting Vietnam war history book it is not.
- De Peter Leo en 07-05-20
De: Robert F. Curtis
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Guts 'N Gunships
- What It Was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam
- De: Mark Garrison
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,001
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 998
In the summer of 1967, Mark Garrison had dropped out of college at Southern Illinois University just before entering his third year. He had run out of money and had to work for a while. These were the days before the lottery and the draft soon came calling. In order to somewhat control his own future, he enlisted in the US Army's helicopter flight school program. Little did he know that this adventure would be the most profound experience of his life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 04-25-16
De: Mark Garrison
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Finish Forty and Home
- The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific
- De: Phil Scearce
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
During the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most perilous bombing missions of the war. They faced determined Japanese fighters without fighter escort, relentless anti-aircraft fire with no deviations from target, and thousands of miles of over-water flying with no alternative landing sites.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty Good!
- De Robert en 02-01-13
De: Phil Scearce
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On August 7, 1942, two events of major military importance occurred on separate sides of the planet. In the South Pacific, the United States went on the offensive, landing the First Marine Division at Guadalcanal. In England, 12 B-17 bombers of the new Eighth Air Force’s 97th Bombardment Group bombed the Rouen–Sotteville railroad marshalling yards in France. While the mission was small, the aerial struggle that began that day would ultimately cost the United States more men killed and wounded by the end of the war in Europe than the Marines would lose in the Pacific War.
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3 out of 5 stars
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may be factual but poorly written
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was a world away from John Luckadoo’s hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. But when the Japanese attacked the American naval base on December 7, 1941, he didn’t hesitate to join the military. Trained as a pilot with the United States Air Force, Second Lieutenant Luckadoo was assigned to the 100th Bomb Group stationed in Thorpe Abbotts, England. Between June and October 1943, he flew B-17 Flying Fortresses over France and Germany on bombing runs devised to destroy the Nazi war machine.
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They are voices lost to time. Beginning in the late 1970s, five veteran airmen sat for private interviews. Decades after the guns fell silent, they recounted in vivid detail the most dangerous missions that made the difference in the war. Ed Haydon dueled with the deadliest of German aces - and forced him to the ground. Robert Johnson racked up 27 kills in his P-47 Thunderbolt, but nearly lost his life when his plane was shot to ribbons and his guns jammed. Cigar-chomping Curtis LeMay was the Air Corps general who devised the bomber tactics that pummeled Germany's war machine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mostly excerpts from other books
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They are voices lost to time. Beginning in the late 1970s, five veteran airmen sat for private interviews. Decades after the guns fell silent, they recounted in vivid detail the most dangerous missions that made the difference in the war. Ed Haydon dueled with the deadliest of German aces - and forced him to the ground. Robert Johnson racked up 27 kills in his P-47 Thunderbolt, but nearly lost his life when his plane was shot to ribbons and his guns jammed. Cigar-chomping Curtis LeMay was the Air Corps general who devised the bomber tactics that pummeled Germany's war machine.
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Its code name was “Operation Gold”, a wildly audacious CIA plan to construct a clandestine tunnel into East Berlin to tap into critical KGB and Soviet military telecommunication lines. The tunnel, crossing the border between the American and Soviet sectors, would have to be 1,500 feet (the length of the Empire State Building) with state-of-the-art equipment, built and operated literally under the feet of their Cold War adversaries.
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Point Man
- De: Chief James Watson, Kevin Dockery
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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Chief Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson was there at the start. One of the first to come out of the famed Underwater Demolition Team 21, he was an initial member—a "plank owner"—of America's deadliest and most elite fighting force, the U.S. Navy SEALs. Through three tours in the jungle hell of Vietnam, he walked the point—staying alert to trip wires, booby traps, and punji pits, guiding his squad of amphibious fighters on missions of rescue, reconnaissance, and demolition—confronting a war's unique terrors head-on, unprotected . . . and unafraid.
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one off the best ones
- De Chuck Moore en 04-19-23
De: Chief James Watson, y otros
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The Watchdog
- How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two
- De: Steve Drummond
- Narrado por: Steve Drummond
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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Months before Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the United States was on the verge of entering another world war for which it was dangerously ill prepared. The urgent times demanded a transformation of the economy, with the government bankrolling the unfathomably expensive task of enlisting millions of citizens while also producing the equipment necessary to successfully fight—all of which opened up opportunities for graft, fraud and corruption.
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When Harry First Gave-Em Hell
- De Donald en 05-13-23
De: Steve Drummond
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
- Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
- De: Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 16 h
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In November 1965, some 450 men of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating.
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The truth
- De Bobbyg en 10-08-19
De: Harold G. Moore, y otros
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Tailspin
- De: John Armbruster
- Narrado por: Brandon Pollock
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
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World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war, including a six-hundred-mile death march in 1945 across Central Europe. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. His nine children knew little of their dad's war story. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. Finally, Gene agrees.
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Triumph, Tragedy, History
- De Bill54494 en 12-12-22
De: John Armbruster
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The Wild Blue
- The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Jeffrey DeMunn
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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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.
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Required Reading
- De Lyle en 11-22-11
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Lethal Tides
- Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II
- De: Catherine Musemeche
- Narrado por: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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In Lethal Tides, Catherine Musemeche weaves together science, biography, and military history in the compelling story of an unsung woman who had a dramatic effect on the U.S. Navy’s success against Japan in WWII, creating an intelligence-gathering juggernaut based on the new science of oceanography. When World War II began, the U.S. Navy was unprepared to enact its island-hopping strategy to reach Japan. Anticipating tides, planning for coral reefs, and preparing for enemy fire was new ground for them, and with lives at stake it was ground that had to be covered quickly.
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fantastic story about an unsung hero
- De David Sajben en 09-16-22
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The Cactus Air Force
- Air War Over Guadalcanal
- De: Eric Hammel, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: Adam Henderson
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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In The Cactus Air Force, Pacific War expert Thomas McKelvey Cleaver worked closely with Eric to build on his collection of diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts to create a vivid narrative of the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942.
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Excellent Book!
- De Eric Peterson en 09-16-22
De: Eric Hammel, y otros
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To Fly and Fight
- Memoirs of a Triple Ace
- De: Clarence E. Bud Anderson
- Narrado por: Joshua Katinger
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
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Bud Anderson is a flyers flyer. The Californians enduring love of flying began in the 1920s with the planes that flew over his father's farm. In January 1942, he entered the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Program.
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Fantastic!!!
- De chris johnson en 07-24-23
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Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II
- De: Philip Ardery
- Narrado por: James Killavey
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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"The sky was full of dying airplanes" as American Liberator bombers struggled to return to North Africa after their daring low-level raid on the oil refineries of Ploesti. They lost 446 airmen and 53 planes, but Philip Ardery's plane came home. This pilot was to take part in many more raids on Hitler's Europe, including air cover for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. This vivid firsthand account records one man's experience of World War II air warfare.
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Fascinating...and true story
- De Loretta en 06-24-15
De: Philip Ardery
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Band of Brothers
- E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Tim Jerome
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory, Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company, which kept getting the tough assignments. Easy Company was responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Band of Brothers is the account of the men of this remarkable unit.
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High Expectations Met
- De Audrey en 02-12-13
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The Story of World War II
- De: Donald L. Miller, Henry Steele Commager
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 24 h y 52 m
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Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Miller gives us an up-close, deeply personal view of a war that was more savagely fought - and whose outcome was in greater doubt - than one might imagine. This is the war that Americans on the home front would have read about had they had access to previously censored testimony.
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INCREDIBLE! WELL-RESEARCHED, COMPLETE & UNBIASED!
- De The Louligan en 07-15-14
De: Donald L. Miller, y otros
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- Matthew Schuller
- 01-27-24
A Great Book
Read this book years ago so when I saw it was released as an audio book I figured it would be good to listen to before watching Masters of the Air. Through the years I have told many people that A Wing and a Prayer is one of the, if not the best personal accounts of service in World War 2 that I had read and after listening, I stand by that comment.
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- GIMPER
- 01-22-24
Very informative about bombing of Europe
I enjoyed the whole story, the way that Mr. Crosby wrote the story was very informative to someone that didn’t live at that time
I have a whole new meeting for the young men that flew B 17 
God bless him and God bless what they did to save the world 
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- Andy
- 02-26-24
Such a great review of the story of the Bloody 100th
I just finished listening to the story of the bloody 100th that AppleTV produced. And this is a crazy good follow-up of the navigator’s perspective. Well-written, fun to listen to.
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- Tags in Iowa
- 04-11-24
Great stories
You learn about the tough and light moments of the Bloody 100th from a long time member of the group in World War II
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-20-24
love love love the history
Crosby was excellent in his story.
My Grandfather flew with him.
It sure is something to hear your Grandpa's name mentioned.
Very personal to me & touching
Forever Thankful 🇺🇲
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- xojes
- 03-26-24
Fantastic storytelling
Crosby is a very talented writer, he made me feel so many things and I was able to imagine each scene like I was there. He did not glorify the war, but simply portrayed the good, bad, and ugly of it
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- Reveler01
- 03-09-24
A great example
A must read for every generation So they can remember why and how they have freedom And to who they owe for that freedom
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-19-24
A personal view of challenges, loss, and enduring
This book brought home all the details left out of historical literature of the air war in Europe. My father was a navigator on B-17s and I now know why he did not talk about his time flying. When a name was listed and the title "my friend", then "gone" repeatedly, I can only imagine the sorrow he felt and the horror he saw. Crosby wrote with an openness that brought all that he and others went through into a more human focus. Well worth the read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-01-23
ONE GREAT WORK
I truly enjoyed this work. The hopes, the fears, and the tragedies, came together to end to an evil empire.
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- Don Rottiers
- 02-20-24
Narration
Excellent! really rips out the emotions should be mandatory reading in schools and international institutions.
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