The Mighty Eighth in WWII: A MemoirUniversity Press of Kentucky - Biography & Autobiography |
Contents
Baptism | 3 |
In the Beginning | 10 |
Off We Go | 20 |
Torch | 29 |
Errn in Erin | 44 |
1943 | 54 |
Petes Story | 69 |
Schweinfurt and Stuttgart | 81 |
Escape and Evasion | 126 |
1944 | 152 |
Headquarters | 160 |
DDay and the Fall Campaign | 174 |
Aerial Operations | 183 |
My Wars End | 189 |
A Look Back | 196 |
Afterword | 199 |
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