Flyboys
a true story of courage
$54.31
- Paperback
404 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2004
Summary
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Pacific Theater
Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers—Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers—were shot down. Flyboys is a story of war and horror, but also of friendship and honor, telling the story of those men.
One of the nine was miraculously rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine. The others were captured by Japanese soldiers on Chichi Jima and held prisoner…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316159432 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316159433 |
| Author: | James Bradley |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 404 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2004 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 139mm x 31mm |
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“A triumph…James Bradley has once again given us the human face of a war we thought we knew, and, in doing so, has forced us not only to rethink our history, but far more importantly, to re-feel it.”
About The Author
James Bradley
James Bradley is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Imperial Cruise, Flyboys, and Flags of Our Fathers, and a son of one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.
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