23 Lessons: How the U.S. Army Air Force Taught me the Ropes Contributor(s): Munsen, Katherine (Author), Munsen, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 173129476X ISBN-13: 9781731294760 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 164 pages |
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Publisher Description: I celebrated my 20th birthday when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Growing up in rural Iowa, fighting in a war was a remote thought. But we all knew it was real. Just how real wasn't clear until I flew my first mission as the pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress, only two years after enlisting. I completed 22 missions before being shot down over Nazi occupied Yugoslavia. Each mission was a lesson on life and quickly transformed me from a 20 year-old boy to a 22 year-old man. The story of my 23rd mission and 45 day struggle hiding from the Germans is documented in my book Bail Out over the Balkans. As a cadet, I was told we would "learn the ropes." I didn't realize those ropes would be attached to a parachute. |