Missions of Shehasta: A Story of World War II Bomber Aces

xi, 292 pp. This is the true story of boys-turned-men in the agony of combat. From the vulnerable yet panoramic viewpoint of an "ace" ball turret gunner in a B-24 Liberator flying "up the slot," you will understand why no victory comes without a price, and why no defeat comes without hope. This is a story of heroes and zeroes, of Rabaul raiders, of flyboys and B-girls, of a world changed forever by men who embraced life--and death--in the name of their country.