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Scharfen, John

 
9780595371747: On Falcons' Wings: AN INTREPID GENERATION
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ISBN 10 : 0595371744 ISBN 13 : 9780595371747
Editeur : iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

If you liked Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation, you will love On Falcons' Wings.Author John Scharfen tells the inspirational, heroic, sometimes humorous stories of American men and women living in an Air Force retired officer community. There are profiles of the:Air Force officer who landed a crippled airplane backwards during WWIIArmy officer who captured a German Mark IV tank while afootAir Force officer who, having been shot down in Germany, walked across the country to freedomCombat hardened Marine who, upon retirement, became the military correspondent for The New York TimesYoung girl's WWII travails in leaving German occupied FranceCoast Guard officer who commanded an LCI at the Normandy landingsA naval aviator who flew multiple WWII missions against the Japanese homelandForeign Service officer who, upon retirement, appeared in 24 movies.There is a thread that runs through these profiles of achievement, heroism, sacrifice and patriotism that will make you want to salute these exceptional Americans of an intrepid generation.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

If you liked Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation, you will love On Falcons' Wings.Author John Scharfen tells the inspirational, heroic, sometimes humorous stories of American men and women living in an Air Force retired officer community. There are profiles of the:Air Force officer who landed a crippled airplane backwards during WWIIArmy officer who captured a German Mark IV tank while afootAir Force officer who, having been shot down in Germany, walked across the country to freedomCombat hardened Marine who, upon retirement, became the military correspondent for The New York TimesYoung girl's WWII travails in leaving German occupied FranceCoast Guard officer who commanded an LCI at the Normandy landingsA naval aviator who flew multiple WWII missions against the Japanese homelandForeign Service officer who, upon retirement, appeared in 24 movies.There is a thread that runs through these profiles of achievement, heroism, sacrifice and patriotism that will make you want to salute these exceptional Americans of an intrepid generation.

Biographie de l'auteur

John C. Scharfen is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel living at Falcons Landing in Virginia. He holds a bachelor?s degree from Stanford and a master?s degree in internationalrelations from Georgetown. Colonel Scharfen has published more than fifty articles and the book The Dismal Battlefield.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595371744
ISBN 13 
9780595371747
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
328
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