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Title: Reading list.
Post by: branch37 on September 24, 2013, 12:57:35 PM: Anyone know of any literature out there along the lines of Adam Makos's "a Higher Call" or Tom Blackburn's "The Jolly Rogers"?
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Post by: Wolfala on September 24, 2013, 01:10:36 PM: Moondogs academy of the air and other disasters
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Post by: puller on September 24, 2013, 04:17:32 PM: Latest book I've read was Service by Marcus Luttrell....I highly recommend it :salute
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Post by: gyrene81 on September 24, 2013, 06:08:35 PM: i'm a clive cussler fan so can't help you there...
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Post by: Arlo on September 24, 2013, 06:17:24 PM: Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer

A Dawn Like Thunder by Robert J. Mrazek

The Airmen and the Headhunters by Judith M. Heimann

A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron by Lynne Olson
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Post by: Brooke on September 24, 2013, 06:51:25 PM: A selection of my military-history favorites, in several categories.

Aviation
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The Few, by Kershaw
Masters of the Air, by Miller
Top Guns, by Foss and Brennan
A Dawn Like Thunder, by Mrazek
JG26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe, by Caldwell
Zemke's Wolf Pack (but not sure which one -- by Freeman or Hess? Have to check my library.)
ZERO! THE STORY OF JAPAN'S AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC, by Okumiya and Horikoshi
Fly, by Veitch
Flying Through Midnight, by Halliday

Naval Warfare
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Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, by Hornfischer
The Bravest Man, by Tuohy
Neptune's Inferno, by Hornfischer
A Measureless Peril, by Snow
Blind Man's Bluff, by Sontag, Drew, and Drew

Land Warfare
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With the Old Breed, by Sledge
Band of Brothers, by Ambrose
One Man's War, by LaMore
To Hell and Back, by Murphy
No Simple Victory, by Davies
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Post by: Blooz on September 24, 2013, 09:59:29 PM: Fighter Pilot - Robin Olds
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Post by: Devil 505 on September 24, 2013, 11:23:32 PM: Quote from: Blooz on September 24, 2013, 09:59:29 PM
Fighter Pilot - Robin Olds

Great read.

Also recommend 2 books from Johannes Steinhoff, "Messerschmitts Over Sicily" and "The Final Hours"
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Post by: Brooke on September 24, 2013, 11:25:54 PM: I missed this one in my list above:

The First and the Last, by Galland.
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Post by: branch37 on September 25, 2013, 07:44:00 PM: Thanks for the suggestions guys :aok I will definitely look up a number of these.
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Post by: TheBug on September 25, 2013, 08:36:35 PM: Have you read Unbroken yet Branch? I enjoyed that one as equally as the two you mention.
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Post by: Auger on September 25, 2013, 09:20:44 PM: Thunderbolt! - Robert S. Johnson
Dumb But Lucky - Richard Curtis
Baa Baa Black Sheep - Pappy Boyington
The First and the Last - Adolf Galland (if you can find a copy)
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Post by: Soulyss on September 25, 2013, 11:14:02 PM: If I had to pick one book to recommend above all others it would have to be...

"Nanette: Her Pilot's Love Story" by Edwards Park

Park was a P-39 pilot in the 41st FS/35th FG during the early part of the war in New Guinea. Where most pilots conjure imagines of the dashing ace, Park blames the early war rush to get pilots to the front lines as the only reason he didn't wash out of basic training. Here is someone who was grabbed by the back of the neck and hurled into the war and all he wants to do is to do his time and come home in one piece. It is a really story, nearly required reading in the 80th.