Emergency Rations: How One Young Tail Gunner Survived World War Two
Nonfiction, History, Military, Other
| Author: | Rebecca A. Goodrich | ISBN: | 9781311076502 |
| Publisher: | Rebecca A. Goodrich | Publication: | August 28, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rebecca A. Goodrich |
| ISBN: | 9781311076502 |
| Publisher: | Rebecca A. Goodrich |
| Publication: | August 28, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
In 1943, Robert Stewart Goodrich tries to enlist in the Air Force to fight the Nazi onslaught. Rejected due to an irregular heartbeat, he gets his father, an Air Force Colonel, to pull some strings and get him in anyway. Bob, a tail gunner, has the second most dangerous position in the B-17 Flying Fortress. He can expect to live through perhaps only a dozen missions.
Bob survives 35 missions, and after the war, shares what he learned with his family. Included for the first time in eBook are Dad’s famous Rules of War.
In 1943, Robert Stewart Goodrich tries to enlist in the Air Force to fight the Nazi onslaught. Rejected due to an irregular heartbeat, he gets his father, an Air Force Colonel, to pull some strings and get him in anyway. Bob, a tail gunner, has the second most dangerous position in the B-17 Flying Fortress. He can expect to live through perhaps only a dozen missions.
Bob survives 35 missions, and after the war, shares what he learned with his family. Included for the first time in eBook are Dad’s famous Rules of War.
