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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Through My Eyes Through My Eyes Beverley Williams Leeper A collection of poetry by Columbia, SC native and wife of a retired army veteran, Beverley Williams Leeper was educated in the public schools of Richland County. She received an Associate of Applied … OL15411096W
Shot down over Italy Shot down over Italy John W. Lanza On May 26, 1944, a B-25 Mitchell bomber with a seven-man crew was shot down over Nazi-occupied Italy. At the time, Italy was a battleground in a bloody war of attrition. This crew trained long and ha… OL16362941W
Casualties of war Casualties of war Chris Lynch Beck is doing well working as a mechanic in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War until men start dying all around him. Beck starts to worry he's cursed and hopes a long awaited reunion with his … OL16600014W
House of doors House of doors Chaz Brenchley War widow Ruth Taylor, volunteering at a mansion-turned-RAF military hospital, experiences strange visions that suggest her late husband is causing malevolent accidents. OL17895835W
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X David Michaels Troy Loensch is no stranger to screwing up. But after he injures a teammate, his football career crashes and burns - and he is out of options. With nowhere else to turn, Troy joins the United States … OL17919170W
Vanished Vanished Wil S. Hylton " From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. On September 1, 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanish… OL19972148W
The dog who could fly The dog who could fly Damien Lewis "An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-land… OL19978277W
Death of an Airman Death of an Airman Christopher St. John Sprigg "George Furnace, flight instructor at Baston Aero Club, dies instantly when his plane crashes into the English countryside. People who knew him are baffled - Furnace was a first-rate pilot, and the p… OL20010410W
The lost airman The lost airman Seth Meyerowitz Documents the story of a World War II American Air Force turret-gunner who was one of two escapees when his team's plane was shot down near Cognac in 1943, tracing his harrowing six-month flight to s… OL20016706W
The last British Dambuster The last British Dambuster George Johnson I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard that had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under threat. Everything we stood for - our country, our families and our way of life - was… OL20807140W
Too Young to Die Too Young to Die John Boileau,Dan Black,John de Chastelain 484 pages : 24 cm OL25701607W
Shot down and on the run Shot down and on the run Graham Pitchfork Many POW escape stories are well known, but what about those who miraculously evaded capture in the first place and returned to fight another day? This book tells some of the epic stories of the thou… OL5771284W