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"Brown ... sits down with [Jerry] Yellin, now ninety-three years old, to tell the ... story of the final combat mission of World War II. Nine days after Hiroshima, on the morning of August 14th, Yellin and his wingman 1st Lieutenant Phillip Schlamberg took off from Iwo Jima to bomb Tokyo. By the time Yellin returned to Iwo Jima, the war was officially over--but his young friend Schlamberg would never get to hear the news. [This book] is a ... first-person...

"The astonishing true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of 23 comrades-in-arms."--Provided by publisher.

A "riveting biography of an American hero" who was a famed fighter pilot, author of the memoir God is my co-pilot, and military general.

Biography of an almost legendary Air Force hero, Colonel Paul Irving Gunn. In 1918 at 17, he enlisted in the Naval Air Force, and after retirement 20 years later, rejoined the Air Force right after Pearl Harbor.

The story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

"Recounts the Doolittle Raid, a top-secret bombing mission and ambitious counterstrike against Tokyo in 1941, that was led by daredevil Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle and turned the tide of the war--but came at a horrific cost." --

It the tradition of Hidden Figures, debut author Patricia Pearson offers a beautifully written account of the remarkable but often forgotten group of female fighter pilots who answered their country s call in its time of need during World War II.

"A biographical picture book about Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who endured abuse growing up at the hands of a boarding school and went on to serve in the United States Air Force in World War II"--

This book is a true story about the military action taken by the US and their allies against the Japanese Army and Navy who were defending two small islands in a region of the Ryukyu Islands called Sakishima Gunto in late 1944 and 1945.

"The founder of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons program, aka "TOPGUN," shares the untold story of how he and eight other young pilots revolutionized the art of aerial combat and created the center for excellence and incubator of leadership that thrives to this day."--Provided by publisher.