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5 Brothers In Arms

by Raymond C. Heimbuch

Non-fiction, History, Memoir, World War II

List: $19.99

Special discount $15.00 plus $2.00 Shipping

This book starts with our becoming POW's, with a brief flash back telling how we got there, then goes on to tell about my POW life, and as each of my brothers who is not already mentioned joins the service, he gets a separate chapter telling his war experience, and goes on to tell what happens to each of them up until the present time.  Essentially it tells what we did during the war and then what we did up until the present time.

REVIEWS:

"This is a true story about our ordeal as POWs.  Ray’s sharp memory tells the story of our starvation and suffering as Japanese POWs.  Our friendship is one reason we did survive by helping each other, especially on the “Hell Ships” from Mindanao to Japan, a horrific journey of ninety-two days.  Ours was not to reason why – ours was to do or die." - Bob Dowding, Japanese POW,  Author: A few Survived.

"I’ve known Ray and George Heimbuch since 1941, while assigned to the 5^th Air Base Group.  This relationship has lasted to today.  It was interrupted in May 1942 when the unit was surrendered to Japanese forces in the Philippines. We shared similar experiences in POW camps until our liberation in 1945. Afterward we stayed in the Air Force, got married, and raised families.  At Survivor Reunions we share experiences, good and bad.  Memories fade, but the tales get better. May our memories of the footlocker fifth remain with us forever."  --  Walt Regehr, another survivor!

PURCHASE INFO:

To purchase, send check, payable to Ray Heimbuch,  (X No. books X $15.00, plus $2.00) to:  Ray Heimbuch, 1314 Estates Drive, Fairfield, CA  94533.

 

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Angel's Wing: A Year in the Skies of Vietnam

by Joseph R. Finch

Non-Fiction, Vietnam, Memoir

$16.95

Angel’s Wing is Joe Finch’s account of the year he spent with A Company, the “Little Bears” during the Vietnam War. His story is raw and authentic, unflinching in its honesty. Sometimes his tale is humorous. Sometimes it’s tragic. Whether he writes of a preposterous moment or of brutality and death, his personal account is powerful. If you weren’t there, at times his experiences in Vietnam are hard to imagine: the blood, the noise, the smells.  At other times, you will open your eyes in wonder at the dedication that the young men fighting there demonstrated.

REVIEWS:

"The Angel's Wing was a "very bad place" to the helicopter pilots of Viet Nam but to the men on the ground the "Angels" were the pilots themselves. For the pilots it was the hotly contested no-mans land along the Cambodian border. To those soldiers on the ground who were injured or hungry or needing support, the helicopter units like the "Little Bears" and so many others, were the Angels who came upon "rotary" wings. The book is also a story of the soldiers in those helicopters who made the rules up as they went. They learned as they lived and died." -- LTC Hugh L. Mills, jr. scout pilot, Viet Nam
 

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Bring Cup, Plate, & Spoon

By Betsy Herold Heimke

Memoir

$15.95

When Betsy Herold was 12 years old, Japanese soldiers came to her home in the Philippines and took her entire family prisoner.  Bring Cup, Plate, & Spoon is the story of how she grew up in a series of civilian internment camps on Luzonn.  In the final climatic moments of World War II, Betsy and her family were eye witnesses to the Battle of Manila from their cells in the infamous Bilibid Prison. Charming and informative at the same time.

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Charlie Battery: A Marine Artillery Unit in Iraq

By Andrew Lubin

Non-fiction, Iraq

$16.95

is the harrowing and personal account of a Marine Corps artillery unit fight for survival in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Andrew is the father of one of the Charlie Battery Marines, and the book follows his son, Cpl Philip Lubin, USMC, and his fellow Marines as they deploy for war, train for battle, and then fight in the vicious battle at An-Nasiriyah.

REVIEWS:

"...an easy-reading narration...indeed this is Charlie Battery's proud story - and a good read from cover to cover."
LEATHERNECK MAGAZINE

"An-Nasiriyah was won by these young Marines who ignored the sandstorms and kept their howitzers firing... this book is their story."
GEN AL GRAY, USMC, 29th Commandant

"...an insightful account into the hearts and minds of those watching their sons at war on CNN and Fox News; this is the war in Iraq - up close and personal - on the home front and on the front lines."
DAILY DEMOCRAT, Fort Madison, Ia

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MWSA Review

Chum Water

by Hodge Wood

Memoir

$15.95

Hodge Wood was a handsome young man at the height of his physical prowess when he broke his neck in a car wreck.  Chum Water is the inspiring story of Hodge's struggle to rediscover movement, life and love in the years after the accident.

REVIEWS:

“Hodge Wood’s book, Chum Water, can only be described as an incredible and riveting account of a young man who, at the peak of his physical ability, faced life-altering adversities and survival following a tragic vehicle accident that damaged his spinal cord and left him paralyzed.  Chum Water is a beautiful, fascinating and, at times, humorous portrayal of Hodge’s uncanny fortitude to escape total dependency on others through conquering disabilities in his ‘new life’ and becoming an occupational therapist dedicated to helping and giving hope to others.  A must read for everyone!” ~ Lloyd A. King, award-winning author of, “From ‘Nam With Love - An Infantry Soldier’s Vietnam” … poetic war stories about combat. 

"With Hodge’s calm, stoic demeanor, it’s hard to imagine all that this young man went through to become the role model that he is today.  Truth is stranger than fiction, which is clearly demonstrated in Chum Water.   Can’t wait for the sequel." ~ Sharon Sanderson, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor Emeritus, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, and President, Oklahoma Occupational Therapy Association

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MWSA Review

Coyote Jack: Drawing meaning from Life and Vietnam

by Jack Lyndon Thomas

Hard Cover, Color Photos, Maps

Non-fiction, Memoir, Art/Photography, Vietnam

$28.95

Coyote Jack overlays a fascinating exposition of life and death in the most enigmatic of American conflicts with an individual's struggle to free himself from the enemy that stands ready to thwart a full and authentic life.  Through Jack, we live in sandbag bunkers, bathe out of wells, and dodge booby traps, as he learns the privations and landmines of his personal life are as complex as the clashing cultures and divisive politics that created, and ended the war in Vietnam.

Thomas was an Infantry Lieutenant who lived and fought with South Vietnamese Regional and Popular Forces.

REVIEWS:

"A Soldier's Trip Through War and Peace…This book is a very interesting confluence of personal combat experience, difficult family dynamics, and the pain of unresolved emotions and questions of purpose told by an articulate and complex man… The remainder of the book, concentrating on his participation as a leader of Mobile Advisory Team III-56, attached to the Regional Forces/Popular Forces in Hau Nghia Province, is a slow but steady revelation of how Jack becomes disillusioned with the war, yet is proud of what he and his team are trying to do for the people of Viet Nam. The dangers, conflicts, frustrations and successes meld into an entertaining read; not full of "shoot `em up" combat stories, but rich with the dynamics of men in conflict..." - Lawrence Mayes

"An Important, Relevant Memoir of a Viet Nam Veteran …I particularly enjoyed the profound poems and statements that introduced each chapter. Part II of the book with Maps and beautiful colored photographs awakened all my senses to the culture, the country, and the people who impacted the life of young Jack Lyndon Thomas through his Viet Nam experience… Thomas is a gifted, creative, and articulate …" - Richard R. Blake

"A soldier returns to Viet Nam…The treasure of "Coyote Jack" lies in his telling of the small details of Vietnam life. The author's narrative - not his fanciful descriptions - but the straightforward stories bring the people and places alive. Appealing children, stoic adults, terrible deprivations, horrific accidents, humidity and mud, and ever-present danger - the listing for this rich account could be long indeed, and altogether it allows the country and its people to become very real…" - Marcelline 'Marcy' Burns, Reader Views www.readerviews.com

"A journey into the past ...Vietnam haunted the author for over thirty years. This memoir is about his journey back to Vietnam to visit the battlefields he had once known so intimately."- Arnold Howard

PURCHASE INFO: 

Signed Copy from JackLyndonThomas@comcast.net for $31.95 including S&H via Paypal

Also available via Barnes & Noble Online & Amazon

www.lyndonjacks.com

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First Marine Captured in Vietnam
A Biography of Donald G. Cook
Donald L. Price
ISBN 978-0-7864-2804-5

Publisher: McFarland
67 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
334 pp. softcover
price: $35
Non-Fiction, Vietnam War

Colonel Donald Gilbert Cook was the first U.S. Marine captured in Vietnam; the first and only Marine in history to earn the Medal of Honor while in captivity; and the first Marine POW to have a U.S. Navy ship named in his honor, the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75). On December 31, 1964, while serving as an observer with a South Vietnamese Marine Corps battalion on a combat operation against Viet Cong forces, he was captured near the village of Binh Gia in South Vietnam. Until his death in captivity in December 1967, Cook led ten POWs in a series of primitive jungle camps. His leadership and adherence to the U.S. Military Code of Conduct earned him the nation’s highest military award, but Cook never received historical attention commensurate with his enormous accomplishments.
 

REVIEW:

“Brings back the terror and heartache of these times...thoroughly-researched...highly recommended!”—Midwest Book Review

“[the author] has done a great service in his book...I highly recommend this book”—Marine Corps Gazette

“Very impressive...a captivating read”—Purple Heart Magazine

“riveting...extensive research”—U.S. Naval Institute

"Portions of the book are painful and poignant, but most are inspiring and compelling... (Col Cook) epitomized the best of America. (Price) has written a fitting tribute to him"--Vietnam Magazine

PURCHASE HERE:

Purchase through McFarland. Orders only Tel: 800-253-2187, Orders only FAX: 336-246-4403 or

www.mcfarlandpub.com/

 

“Amy Goodpaster Strebe’s book is excellent … meticulously researched, well-written, and convincingly argued and documented. One of the book’s great strengths is a comprehensive bibliography that makes it particularly valuable as a reference for students and professionals alike.”– Air & Space / Smithsonian

 “I really enjoyed the book. It tells the true story of how women were involved in aviation during the war.” – General Chuck Yeager

 “Before reading Flying for Her Country I never imagined that the Russian women military pilots of WWII had the same values (honor, integrity, courage, commitment, faith, patriotism, service and sacrifice) as America’s WWII women pilots. This fascinating book portrays a significant chapter in history that is not found in most history books. It is educational, motivational and inspirational as it chronicles the history of how these young women military pilots proved that, no matter the challenge, no matter your nationality, and no matter how difficult the mission, you can do anything, if it’s the right thing to do and you put your mind to it.”– Deanie Bishop Parrish, WASP (Class 44-W-4)

 “Strebe has done an outstanding job researching and writing about the invaluable contributions made by women pilots in the Second World War. As pioneers in military aviation, the WASP proved to the world that they were indeed capable of flying both fighter and bomber aircraft. In the case of the Soviet women aviators who saw combat along the Eastern Front, their indomitable spirit and heroism in battle have made them legendary. A book depicting the combined achievements of these intrepid military airwomen is long over due. I highly recommend it.” – Dr. Peggy Chabrian, President and Founder, Women in Aviation, International

 “Strebe’s book offers a beautifully written, well-researched account of a little known but fascinating aspect of World War II. Her story of these women aviators in the U.S. and USSR is both dramatic and moving. Their courage is truly remarkable. Equally amazing is the way they were treated by their respective governments because of their gender. Strebe’s book is not to be missed by anyone interested in women’s history and military history.” - Dr. Mary Pickering, Professor of History, San Jose State University

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The Frugal Book Editor: Put your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success

By Carolyn Howard-Johnson

Non-Fiction

$17.95

There are gremlins out there determined to keep your work from being published, your book from being promoted. They —resolved to embarrass you before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for you —lurk in your subconscious and the depths of your computer programs. Whether you are a new or experienced author, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success will help you present whistle-clean copy (whether it's a one-page cover letter or your entire manuscript) to those who have the power to say "Yea" or "Nay." It is a USA Book News award winner.

REVIEWS:

Midwest Review
"To the rescue comes acclaimed author Carolyn Howard-Johnson with The Frugal Editor, the latest in her How to Do It Frugally series. This little gem is a must-have for any writer, published or not, bestselling or unknown." ~Christy Tillery French

As an editor myself, I purchased the book to see what type of advice Carolyn Howard-Johnson could give readers and perhaps learn a few new tips for my own business. Carolyn did not disappoint. The book is filled with easy-to-understand language that will truly help guide the first time author to be better equipped to present their manuscript to a professional editor. I highly recommend to all authors and writers. --
Karen L. Reddick, author of Grammar Done Right!

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The Frugal Book Promoter: How to do What Your Publisher Won't

By Carolyn Howard-Johnson

Non-Fiction

$17.95

With the Frugal Editor as a desk companion for the Frugal Book Promoter, you'll have what you need to know about publishing at your fingertips--whether your publishing on-you-own or traditionally.

REVIEWS:

This book earns my highest approval and I believe it will be of great help to authors, whether self-published or traditionally-published. --Jenna Glatzer Author of MAKE A REAL LIVING AS A FREELANCE WRITER and editor-in-chief of AbsoluteWrite.com

Frugal is filled with easy to understand marketing tips along with how to use postcards, get book reviews and Media interviews. There's a chapter on E-Books and one on how to use Amazon perks to your advantage. Any one of those topics is worth the price of the book. -- Tom Barnes author of "Doc Holliday's Road to Tombstone."
 

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Full Time & Sub-Nine: Fitting Iron Distance Training into Everyday Life

by David Glover

Non-fiction

$16.95

I share my story of my athletic career, battle with cancer and winning strategies that earned me four overall wins at the Iron-distance and dozens of top ten finishes in triathlons of all distances. Whether you're training to win, training to finish or just need inspiration from my life journey, my book will help you compete wiser while enjoying the training and challenge of triathlon competition.  
 

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The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know To Sell Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less

by Carolyn Howard-Johnson 

ISBN:  B000YG6O5U 

Publisher, Amazon.com  

Non-Fiction

The perfect  learning experience for those who want to learn to wow an editor in no time flat and only 49 cents out-of-pocket! 

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by Robert F. Dorr & Thomas D. Jones

Non-fiction, History, World War II

Hard Cover

$24.95

REVIEWS:

Veteran aviation author Dorr and astronaut a Jones have produced a riveting account of the gritty and unheralded war fought by young Thunderbolt pilots of the Ninth Air Force. Through dozens of interviews, the authors let the voices of pilots and ground crewmen tell what it was like to fly daily into the teeth of Luftwaffe fighters and Wehrmacht flak to help win the victory in Europe. This book represents the 17 other Ninth Air Force fighter-bomber combat groups.
 

PURCHASE HERE

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If you'd like a personalized copy, send me a check for $ 30.23, for the
book, an inscription from the authors, and priority mail packaging.

Robert F. Dorr
3411 Valewood Drive
Oakton, Virginia 22124
(703) 264-8950
robert.f.dorr@cox.net
 

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The Last Farewell: A journey of the heart

By Edmund Burke O’Connell. Co-authored by Julie Whitman Jones and Thomas J. Sullivan, Jr.
Non-Fiction, WW2

Paperback- $21.99

Hardback- $31.99

The Last Farewell, a posthumous wartime
memoir set against the rich, colorful landscape of historic Florence and Northern Italy, tenderly recalls one soldier’s love story through the viewfinder of a still and motion picture camera during the Italian campaign of the Second World War.

An unlikely luncheon date during a lull in the summer 1944 liberation of Florence leads Edmund Burke O’Connell, an Army motion picture photographer with the U.S. Army's 196th Signal Photo Company to meet an
attractive English-speaking Florentine, Tina Calamai. Their friendship steadily blossoms into love as her family’s 15th century Medici villa, the Villa Calamai, becomes his wartime base of operations.
 

REVIEWS:

“This well-written and researched, romantic memoir, richly embellished with photographs and additional historical material, is a must read. My 80-something mother read it in one sitting, saying not only was it a riveting story, it brought back for her many memories of World War II and gave her new insights into a war that affected a generation.” -- Elaine Larsen, Editor and Publisher, Pacifica Tribune

 "Mesmerizing tale traversing the war-torn confines of Tuscany. Well-written, with brilliant photographs. Read it over an obliging chianti and two helpings of tiramisu." - Tom Gollo

 "An intimate snapshot in an important age, painstakingly researched." -- Alan Wald

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Lucky Enough

By Eddie Beesley

Memoir

Book: $12.95

CD: $15.00

In August, 1965, Marine Corporal Eddie Beesley stepped on a landmine near Chu Lai in Vietnam.  The resulting explosion changes his life forever.  Lucky Enough is the inspiring story of how Eddie dealt with the most terrible moment of his life. 

REVIEWS: 

Eddie Beesley not only puts you there  but makes you feel proud to be an American." -- Tony Orlando

"Outstanding account of his Viet Nam experience.  How it affected his life and how he has positively dealt with it." --  Sgt Grit, Don Whitton

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The Making of a Soldier

Lt. Col. George Powers

History, Memoir, Vietnam

$15.80

The Making of a Soldier  is the life story of a man who believed, from his youth that he was gifted as a soldier to rise to the highest rank as a Commissioned Officer; who volunteered to learn his craft through Ranger School, Airborne School, and the John F. Kennedy Warfare School,  eventually becoming a Master Parachutist; who was called upon to serve thirty months in combat in Vietnam as an Infantry Officer; whose life was dramatically changed by encountering  his God in flight above the Delta en-route from Can Tho to Saigon in an Air America aircraft. God spoke to him in an unmistakably direct, though inaudible voice, an invitation to change the focus of his life career. The book seeks to show how God is at work developing many of us into spiritual soldiers, warriors who are invited to serve in His Army, often with far less prestige and fame than is experienced in the military services. And amazingly, as the author discovered, God uses much of the lessons learned by the military in a parallel spiritual application to advance His Kingdom on the earth.

To order directly from author call:

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My Son is a Marine

By Jo Anne Allen

Non-fiction, Iraq

Jo Anne Allen resides in Grand Junction, CO. After writing 10 fiction books, her only non-fiction, 'My Son Is a Marine' has received the MWSA Readers Choice Award for 2006 and has had excellent reviews.
 

REVIEWS:
To politicians or Americans who say Americans are warmongers, that we should not be in Iraq, or that our soldiers are mistreating captured prisoners…… a reading of "My Son is a Marine" by Jo Anne Allen would melt them into silence, just as surely as if Christ were writing with His finger in the sands of Iraq. .......Semper Fi! Judith M. Wittbrodt, Suttons Bay, Michigan

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Richard O'Kane and the Sinking of the Forty-Nine

by James W. MacMeekin

Non-fiction, History, World War II

Three Rivers Books

$12.86

Commander O'Kane revolutionized the offensive use of WWII submarines from that of a reconnaissance and underwater attack vehicle of opportunity, to that of a speedy surface vessel, capable of massive destruction, and the ability to outrun pursuing Japanese destroyer-escorts. His wartime record proves the efficacy of his actions: 49 enemy ships rusting on the bottom of the mighty Pacific.
 

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See the Dragon: One Wolfhound's Vietnam Story

by Don Arndt

History, Memoir, Vietnam

Paper back…..19.95

Hard Back……26.95

This is the memories of a drafted Midwest farm boy’s tour in 1966 Vietnam. The author recalls his service with the 27^th Infantry Wolfhounds of the 25^th Division and the search for his buddies four decades after the war.

 Reviews:

"I highly recommend this book to anyone studying the Vietnam War or whose family or friends were part of the valorous unit known as the 25th Infantry Division “Wolfhounds.” - Tony Lazzarini, President, Military Writers Society of America

"Incredible book. I couldn't put the thing down." - SGT Brian Feild, 1st Cavalry Division

"If you were there, "See the Dragon" will take you back. If you weren't, it will take you there." - Guy B. Hinton, Vietnam 1968-69

"I can hardly put into words what I felt about what I read." - CPT Patrick F. Field, 4ID(M)

 "A book that any Vietnam Veteran can relate to. Very moving. - John Babbitt, Vietnam  1967-68

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Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors

By Joyce Faulkner and Pat McGrath Avery

Non-fiction History, Korea

Soft Cover: $17.95

Hard Cover: $26.95

In October 1950, two hundred and fifty American POWs were shot in North Korea.  Less than 30 survived. Today, there are less than 12 still alive.

Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors is the story of how these men were captured, interrogated, tortured, marched for hundreds of miles, and finally, taken out of a train on a cold autumn evening and executed.  Taken from interviews of those men who are still alive, official debriefings, congressional testimonies, and other historical sources, this is an important book that details a little known event in America's Forgotten War, Korea.  For the true historian, there are a few surprises as well.  For the families of those lost in Korea, here's what happened to Valdor, Sherman, Ed, Bob, George, Walt, Bill and Jim.

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Underwater Demolition Team 13

Edited by: Steve Waterman, Pete Upton
Revised by: Steve Waterman
Republished April 2008

*Although unsigned, the illustrations in the book are the work of
Pete Carolan (click here to see more of his work).

Friends, and teammates, Ltjg Pete Upton and Photographer's Mate 1st Class Steve Waterman created the book in 1969 and had it printed in Japan. They spent a month there putting it together and getting the printing done. Then Pete and Steve hitchhiked back to Subic Bay on U. S. Air Force planes to bring the books to the guys in Team 13.

Underwater Demolition Team 13 was commissioned in 1968 to help take up the slack and give UDT-12 and UDT-11 more time stateside during the Vietnam War. Approximately 20 men from UDT-21 (Little Creek) volunteered to serve a tour with UDT-13 to help “flesh out” the team, which was made up of new men from UDT Training; some were from SEAL One, others were reserves asking to be recalled to active duty.

Many Naval commands make cruise books of their trips. Cruise books are photographic and written records of events and people on specific deployments.

The 1969 UDT THIRTEEN cruise book brings together a collection of first-hand textual and photographic impressions of its WESTPAC deployment. The harmonizing of these significant experiences, each unique in attitude and point of view, best conveys the reality of the deployment, to be relived and enjoyed in all its color, drama, and poignancy in the years to come.

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P. O. Box 43698 | Cleveland, OH 44143
216-486-4464 | (877) 882-6124
 

U.S. NAVAL AIR SUPERIORITY: Development of Shipborne Jet Fighters 1943-1962
by Tommy H. Thomason

Non-fiction, History, All Things Military

$44.95 plus $6.95 shipping and handling

Specialty Press
 

For the first time, U.S. Naval Air Superiority profiles the turbulent design and development stage of the Navy’s carrier-based jet fighter program. From the successful designs, such as the Fury, Banshee, Crusader, and Phantom II, to the also-rans, like the Fireball, Demon, Pirate, and Cutlass, the Navy’s needs are measured against contractor and political demands and the limits of the evolving engine and aerodynamic technologies of the day.

REVIEW:

"If you buy only one book on early USN jets in your lifetime, this is the one to get. It is that good." -Modeling Madness, reviewed by Scott Van Aken, February 2008

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