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Cheerio and Best Wishes : Letters from a World War II Hoosier Pilot by Ralph H. Schneck and Donald R. Schneck (2013, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Purdue University Press
ISBN-10
1557536406
ISBN-13
9781557536402
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143863659

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
496 Pages
Publication Name
Cheerio and Best Wishes : Letters from a World War II Hoosier Pilot
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, Military / United States, General, Military / Aviation, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Military
Type
Textbook
Author
Ralph H. Schneck, Donald R. Schneck
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
28 Oz
Item Length
5.5 in
Item Width
8.5 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-029106
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: I Want to Be a Flier Chapter 2: Class 42F: They Call Us Dodos Chapter 3: Sure Enough It Was Henry Fonda Chapter 4: Nothing To Do But Fly Chapter 5: A New Navigator Chapter 6: She Was Full-Blooded Portuguese Chapter 7: V-Mail, Crackers, and Washing Socks Chapter 8: The Big Show Chapter 9: French Follies and the Broads Chapter 10: Bombed to Pieces Chapter 11: Friends and Family Appendices References and Resources Index
Synopsis
This is the true story of a young boy from Posey County, Indiana, who had a dream to fly. The outbreak of World War II enabled him to fulfil that dream. Cheerio and Best Wishes is told entirely through the letters he wrote to his family and friends. Detailed narrative and commentary provide explanation and background information., This is the true story of a young boy from Posey County, Indiana, who had a dream to fly. The outbreak of World War II enabled him to fulfill that dream. Cheerio and Best Wishes is told entirely through the letters he wrote to his family and friends. Detailed narrative and commentary provide explanation and background information.One hundred thirty-eight letters are presented in this book. It is highly unusual to find this many letters from one person, curated by his family and recently rediscovered by his son, along with carefully created photograph albums. The story starts in rural southern Indiana and follows the young volunteer as he goes westward to California and New Mexico to be trained to fly bombers. From the United States, he travels via South America and North Africa to England and deploys with the Eighth Air Force. The accounts of his journeys and experiences are detailed, ranging from entertaining to spine-tingling. Moments of high drama intermingle with the mundane nature of war.Together the letters and pictures in this book (the originals are now preserved for posterity in the Purdue University Flight Archives) offer a comprehensive and cohesive story of how US airmen were prepared and trained for war, and detail the daily experience of a bomber pilot flying missions over Germany. The letters of one young flyer reflect the experience of thousands of Americans who volunteered to go to war in the 1940s. His experiences were those of a generation.
LC Classification Number
D790.2.S36 2013

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