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Along with General Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers," the men and planes of the 490th Bomb Squadron became famous as the "Burma Bridge Busters." From late 1942 to the end of the war, their incredible feats of low-level bombing and strafing of Japanese-held bridges, airfields, and troop facilities in occupied Burma hindered the Japanese advance in Asia, and provided critical air support for the allies fighting on the ground. The author's uncle, a radioman/waist gunner in the 490th, was killed on a mission in the waning days of the war. This book is both a search for his memory, and a tribute to the squadron in which he proudly served and sacrificed his life—the "Burma Bridge Busters." The author was born and raised in Chicago. In addition to writing and traveling, he is an avid fisherman, hunter, and scuba diver. He has published Seasons of Harvest, a three-volume historical novel, and is at work on a second novel titled Cumberland Road. This book is his first nonfiction work.… (mais)
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
"Then a golden mystery upheaved itself on the horizon -- a beautiful, winking wonder that blazed in the sun, of a shape that was neither Muslim dome nor Hindu temple spire...the golden dome said: This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about." Rudyard Kipling, Letters From the East (1898)
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
This book is dedicated to my uncle, sgt. Adolph Malovich, and to his comrades aboard the B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber #43-4977 -- 1st Lt. William B. Plunkett, 2nd Lt. Donald E. Thorn, Sgt. Stephen Mercer Collins, and Sgt. J. D. Cobb. As well as to all the veterans of the 490th Bomb Squadron who served so gallantly in China-Burma-India
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
As you drive southeast from Chicago, through the grit and steel town grime of Gary, and then around the bottom of Lake Michigan and north along its eastern shore, you see the crudely lettered road signs one after another, advertising fresh fruit and vegetables for sale.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
This was his last letter. Otsie was killed eleven days later.
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Along with General Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers," the men and planes of the 490th Bomb Squadron became famous as the "Burma Bridge Busters." From late 1942 to the end of the war, their incredible feats of low-level bombing and strafing of Japanese-held bridges, airfields, and troop facilities in occupied Burma hindered the Japanese advance in Asia, and provided critical air support for the allies fighting on the ground. The author's uncle, a radioman/waist gunner in the 490th, was killed on a mission in the waning days of the war. This book is both a search for his memory, and a tribute to the squadron in which he proudly served and sacrificed his life—the "Burma Bridge Busters." The author was born and raised in Chicago. In addition to writing and traveling, he is an avid fisherman, hunter, and scuba diver. He has published Seasons of Harvest, a three-volume historical novel, and is at work on a second novel titled Cumberland Road. This book is his first nonfiction work.
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