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Velocity Velocity Aloysius G. Casey "This storyline addresses the only question mark on O'Malley's career -- the Lavelle raids of February 1972. Using appropriate Nixon White House audio recordings and top secret messages (sent by the … OL11870079W
Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran Rhonda Smith-Daugherty "This revealing biography explores Cochran's childhood in an impoverished Florida mill town, her early career as a pilot, and her role in creating and leading the WASPs during World War II. This deta… OL16572082W
Japan, 1945 Japan, 1945 Clayton K. S. Chun "In this 200th Campaign series title Clayton Chun examines the final stages of World War II as the Allies debated how to bring about the surrender of Japan. Chun not only describes the actual events … OL16919984W
Decision Over Schweinfurt Decision Over Schweinfurt Thomas M. Coffey The story of the US 8th Air Force's battle for daylight bombing, in particular two daring raids on the German ball-bearing plants at Schweinfurt. An interesting book about the development of the U. S… OL17297951W
Enduring Courage Enduring Courage John F. Ross From the Introduction... Rickenbacker lived at a time when the latest machines of the industrial revolutions were ripping apart the ages-old rhythms of plow and steam. When he was seven, the first… OL17322120W
Nixon's Trident Nixon's Trident John Darrell Sherwood,Naval Historical Center (U.S.) Series: U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War OL17322445W
12 strong 12 strong Doug Stanton Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dram… OL18184601W
The airman's war The airman's war Albert Marrin Examines the role of the air force in World War II, including the nonstop bombing over Germany and the slow island by island battles in the Pacific. OL1828575W
Valor without arms Valor without arms Michael N. Ingrisano Merriam Press Military Monograph 13. Sixth Edition (February 2012). The 316th Troop Carrier Group was formed at Patterson Field, Ohio, in February 1942. By November, the Group air echelon… OL1853729W
The bombers and the bombed The bombers and the bombed R. J. Overy A history of the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II questions the morality of British and American attacks on occupied European cities while offering insight into the course of the civilian fro… OL19706494W
Toriko Toriko Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro 124 pages : 20 cm OL19711470W
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
Enduring courage Enduring courage John F. Ross At the turn of the 20th century the invention of the car and the airplane took our imaginations by storm and produced new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace. No one did more in t… OL19988377W
Hephaestus and the island of terror Hephaestus and the island of terror Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams,Craig Phillips When the Olympians arrive on the island of Lemnos, they meet the metal-working Hephaestus who is hesitant to leave with the gods, stating that the only way he will join them is if he gets to be their… OL20006076W
When tigers ruled the sky When tigers ruled the sky Bill Yenne Presents an account of the Flying Tigers, the legendary World War II combat group which led America's first venture into covert operations against a foreign power. OL20031906W
Midair Midair Craig K. Collins "Midair is a true account of one of the most remarkable tales of survival in the history of aviation -- a midair collision at 30,000 feet by two bomb-laden B-52s over a category 5 super typhoon above… OL20037719W
Colors in the air Colors in the air Michael Eckers "In December of 1941 the United States is engulfed in the carnage of the Second World War. Caught up in the whirlwind of what will be called America's Greatest Generation, two young adults desire to … OL24199147W
Hell hawks! Hell hawks! Thomas D. Jones,Robert F. Dorr Hell Hawks! is the story of a band of young American pilots and their gritty, close-quarters fight against Hitler's vaunted military. They were the 365th Fighter Group, three squadrons of fighter-bom… OL2589362W
The Doolittle Raid The Doolittle Raid Bert Kinzey An account of the Doolittle Raid of April 1942. Includes a biography of James H. Doolittle as well as a study of the B-25 bomber that was used in the raid and of the USS Hornet, the carrier from whic… OL26442929W
Eternally at war Eternally at war Robert G. Lathrop "Ten years after returning from Vietnam as a two time decorated A-4 Skyhawk pilot, Captain Robert "Gene" Lathrop described war as hell. Flying the scooter as a part of VMA-311, he completed over 275 … OL27015686W
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