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Unsung Eagles

True Stories of America’s Citizen Airmen in the Skies of World War II

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Unsung Eagles

By: Jay A. Stout
Narrated by: Traber Burns
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The nearly half-million American air crewmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories.

Award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay A. Stout uses Unsung Eagles to save an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. These are not rehashed tales from the hoary icons of the war. Rather, they are stories from the masses of largely unrecognized men who - in the aggregate - actually won it. They are the recollections of your Uncle Frank who shared them only after having enjoyed a beer, of your old girlfriend’s grandfather who passed away about the same time she dumped you, and of the craggy guy who ran the town’s salvage yard, a dusty, fly-specked B-24 model hung over the counter. These are “everyman” accounts that are important but fast disappearing.

Ray Crandall describes how he was nearly knocked into the Pacific Ocean by a heavy cruiser’s main battery during the second battle of the Philippine Sea. Jesse Barker, a displaced dive-bomber pilot, tells of dodging naval bombardments in the stinking mud of Guadalcanal. Bob Popeney relates how his friend and fellow A-20 pilot was blown out of formation by German anti-aircraft fire: “I could see the inside of the airplane - and I could see Nordstrom’s eyes. He looked confused...and then immediately he flipped up and went tumbling down.”

The combat careers of 22 different pilots from all the services are captured in this book that captivates the listener not only as an engaging oral history but also by putting personal context into the great air battles of World War II.

©2013 Jay A. Stout (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing
Air Forces Armed Forces Military Military & War World War II Aviation War Veteran US Air Force Aviation History
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This book is a great collection of historical Memoirs, written & read very well. some details of the book would never have been told were it not for these stories.. a great read/listen.

Great Collection

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it was very interesting to hear about other pilots during the war. so much has been written about the aces and not enough about everyone else who fought beside them.

Great collection of stories

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The selection of different theatres and aircraft types gave a broad picture of WWII aerial combat. Airmen were from various backgrounds.

the stories of "ordinary" flyers in war.

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