Dick Cole''s War - Doolittle Raider, Hump Pilot, Air Commando

Informationen zum Autor Dennis R. Okerstrom is Professor of English at Park University, a certified flight instructor, and the author of four previous books including The Final Mission of Bottoms Up : A World War II Pilot's Story and Project 9: The Birth of the Air Commandos in World War II (both with University of Missouri Press) . He owns and flies a restored 1942 Army scout plane and is the recipient of numerous awards for scholarship and teaching. He lives in Independence, Missouri. Klappentext With the 100th anniversary of his birth on September 7, 2015 Dick Cole has long stood in the powerful spotlight of fame that has followed him since his B-25 was launched from a Navy carrier and flown toward Japan just four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In recognition the tremendous boost Doolittle's Raid gave American morale, members of The Tokyo Doolittle Raiders were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in May 2014. > Zusammenfassung With the 100th anniversary of his birth on September 7! 2015! Dick Cole stands in the powerful spotlight that has followed him since his B-25 was launched from a Navy carrier and flown toward Japan just four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis R Okerstrom, Dennis R. Okerstrom
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780826220660
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-2066-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: American Military Experience
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous