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In Flyboys, Bradley returns to the Pacific and World War II. Over the island of Chichi Jima nine American flyboys-Navy and Marine airmen sent to bomb the Japenses were shot down. One would be miraculously rescued, but the others would end up imprisoned and subjected to a fate so terrible that it has been kept top secret until now.
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Seized by the Sun introduces teens to the remarkable life of Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins, who overcame many challenges to find her passion in flying. She became one of 126 elite women chosen to pilot World War II fighter planes for the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Her disappearance remains a mystery and no crash site was ever found. The result of sixteen years of research and interviews, Seized by the Sun is an invaluable addition to any...
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xvi, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"A memoir of active combat by an elite female helicopter pilot stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan vividly describes her division's high-risk battles and the ways they were challenged to perform under extreme duress, sharing additional insights into her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated unit"--NoveList.
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xvii, 109 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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During the Second World War, women pilots were given the opportunity to fly military aircraft for the first time in history. In the United States, famed aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran formed the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program, where over one thousand women flyers ferried aircraft from factories to airbases throughout the United States and Canada from 1942 to 1944. In the Soviet Union, Marina Raskova, Russia's "Amelia Earhart," famous for...
9) McCain
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sen John McCain's life is presented, including his complicated relationship with President Donald Trump, his experience as a POW in Vietnam, his run for the presidency in 2000 and 2008, and his decision to vote against the Republican health care bill that was to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington--and Hanoi--to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, one hundred and fifteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried off a huge military transport plane at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. These American servicemen had endured years of brutal torture, kept shackled and...
11) Fly girls
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1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the midst of World War II, the call went out: women with flight experience were needed to fly for the military. All over the country, young women postponed their weddings, put their educations on hold, and quit their jobs to respond, becoming Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs. Led by Jacqueline Cochran, America's foremost female aviator, more than 1,000 women were trained to ferry aircraft, test planes, instruct male pilots, and even tow targets...
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