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 Flyboys: A True Story of Courage - James Bradley
Newest Review: ... there. The only person that made it out of the sea alive was the future American president George Bush senior. The remaining ... more  ... 8 were all captured by the Japanese and treated accordingly.
The book, as I've already stated revolves around these pilots from their childhood and their reasons for enlisting through their training and all the way to their captures from where their stories are re-told by interviews with Japanese veterans that were on the island.
There are an amazing wealth of interviews from Japanese and American veterans to wives and mothers of the air men involved.
Bradley also sets the scene of the whole war brilliantly s...more |
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Flyboys: A True Story of Courage - James Bradley: An unbiased picture of an intriguing part of global history (478 words)
by - written on 19/07/07 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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This book is an absolute must-read for all enthusiasts (if that is an appropriate word) of the second world war, war in general or international events in the period. I've heard that they are making a film of it which should also be interesting. The author, James Bradley is the son of a pacific war soldier who was part of the flag raising team on Iwo Jima and obviously writes about the period with a sense of pride as well as objectivity and sensitivity. The story is based around 9 American Airforce pilots who were shot down over Chichi Jima in the air raids on the radio transmitter and receiver station there. The only person that made it out of the ... Read the complete review
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