He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings
Title | He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Bothwell Trail |
Publisher | Mother's House Pub |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2012-08-30 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781618880352 |
A memoir of Colonel (Retired) Reo Clinton Trail by Martha Bothwell Trail. Col. Reo Trail was nineteen years old and fresh from his family s Wyoming ranch when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, which was rapidly engulfed in WWII. From the his start as an enlisted man, Reo quickly advanced into an officer s career marked by his skill as a pilot flying troop carriers, dropping paratroopers, ammunition, and supplies behind enemy lines. This book is told as a series of essays, including many contributions by Col. Trail, who had a lively and extensive contact with a number of famous personalities: General Carl A. Tooey Spaatz of the 12th Air Force, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Jimmy Doolittle, General Hap Arnold, General Hoyt Vandenberg, General George Patton, W. Averill Harriman, US Ambassador to Russia, Bob Hope, Wernher Von Braun, Col. Jock Whitney, General Ira C. Eaker, General Westover, President Harry Truman, Field Marshall Jan Smuts, Chuck Yager, Robert "I came up the hard way" Uhrig, During the 1968 Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War, Reo was the commander at Phu Cat Air Force Base in South Vietnam. Includes "Ode to a C-47", written by Col. Trail, as published in the Stars and Stripes.
He Wore a Pair of Silver Wings
Title | He Wore a Pair of Silver Wings PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas K. Follis |
Publisher | Merriam Press |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Air pilots, Military |
ISBN | 1576383288 |
A Pair of Silver Wings
Title | A Pair of Silver Wings PDF eBook |
Author | Elliott Todhunter Dewey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 490 |
Release | |
Genre | Denver (Colo.) |
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Typescript (carbon copy) of Mrs. Dewey's experiences as principal hostess at Lowry air base (Army Air Corps) during the early years of World War II. In charge of social and recreational activities in which women participated, she also helped to expand libraries and to start educational classes at the base.
The Songs that Fought the War
Title | The Songs that Fought the War PDF eBook |
Author | John Bush Jones |
Publisher | UPNE |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781584654438 |
A lively social history of popular wartime songs and how they helped America's home front morale.
Silver Wings and Golden Scales. [On Natural History]
Title | Silver Wings and Golden Scales. [On Natural History] PDF eBook |
Author | Wings |
Publisher | |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 1877 |
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A Pair of Silver Wings
Title | A Pair of Silver Wings PDF eBook |
Author | James Holland |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-07-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0552176745 |
______________ It can take a lifetime to heal the wounds of war 'Brings history to life' Guardian ______________ Edward Enderby has never spoken about being an RAF fighter pilot. But fifty years after the greatest conflict the world has ever seen, he must finally confront the memories he has tried so hard to forget. From the bright skies over England in 1941, through the dark days of the Siege of Malta, to a bitter partisan struggle in Italy, his takes a momentous journey that will change him forever. And despite the damage the war has wrought, Edward has one last chance to save himself from his past…
Silver Wings, Etc
Title | Silver Wings, Etc PDF eBook |
Author | Eliza Marian BUTLER |
Publisher | |
Pages | 139 |
Release | 1952 |
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