Not home for Christmas : a day in the life of the Mighty Eighth
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Published
Brandon, MS : Quail Ridge Press, [2009].
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
542 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
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Akron Public Library - NONFICTION | 940.54 MEU 1 Not Home for Christmas #1 | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Personal narratives, American.
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Airmen -- Biography.
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Air Force, 8th -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Personal narratives, American.
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Airmen -- Biography.
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Air Force, 8th -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Published
Brandon, MS : Quail Ridge Press, [2009].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"First printing, July 2009. Second, November 2010. Third, May 2013"--T.p. verso.,PSt.
Description
"When author John Meurs was a nine-year-old schoolboy living in Nazi-occupied Holland, an American B-17 bomber crashed behind his house near the village of Apeldoorn. The date was Sunday, November 26, 1944. Meurs always wanted to know more about what happened in the air on that Thanksgiving Sunday. So, more than sixty years later ... he started researching the B-17. He quickly found that the bomber was part of the 8th Air Force Air Combat Command. Meurs findings intrigued him ... and after discovering many interesting facts, Meurs focused his research on the 34 heavy bombers of the Mighty Eighth that were lost that day. He collected the personal stories of veterans who lived through it, families of veterans lost, and witnesses of the crashes. These first-hand recollections, captured in this book, provide a compelling and terrifying account of the reality of war. Thanks to the noble men of the Mighty Eighth who would not be home for Christmas in 1944 and their comrades in arms, many people the world over now live in peace and freedom"--Page 4 of cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Meurs, J. (2009). Not home for Christmas: a day in the life of the Mighty Eighth . Quail Ridge Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Meurs, John. 2009. Not Home for Christmas: A Day in the Life of the Mighty Eighth. Quail Ridge Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Meurs, John. Not Home for Christmas: A Day in the Life of the Mighty Eighth Quail Ridge Press, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Meurs, John. Not Home for Christmas: A Day in the Life of the Mighty Eighth Quail Ridge Press, 2009.
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