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9780306818516

Such Men as These : The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies over Korea

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  • ISBN13:

    9780306818516

  • ISBN10:

    0306818515

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-05-11
  • Publisher: Perseus Books Group
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $25.00

Summary

In 1951, James Michener went to Korea to report on a little known aspect of America's stalemated war: navy aviators. His research inspired novel about these pilots became an overnight bestseller and, perhaps, the most widely read book ever written about aerial combat.Using Michener's notes, author David Sears tracked down the actual pilots to tell their riveting, true-life stories. From the icy, windswept decks of aircraft carriers, they penetrated treacherous mountain terrain to strike heavily defended dams, bridges, and tunnels, where well entrenched Communist anti-aircraft gunners waited to shoot them down. Many of these men became air combat legends, and one, Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to walk on the moon.Such Men As Thesebrims with action-packed accounts of combat and unforgettable portraits of the pilots whose skill and sacrifice made epic history.

Author Biography

DAVID SEARS is a New Jersey·based historian and author. A former U.S. Navy officer with extensive sea duty aboard a destroyer, as well as a Vietnam War veteran, he is the author of three previous books, including At War with the Wind and The Last Epic Naval Battle. In writing Such Men As These, he carried out extensive research and conducted dozens of personal interviews. Visit him online at www.dlsears.com.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Prologue: Marinersp. 1
We Interrupt This Cold War
The Hollowayp. 23
Disturbing the Peacep. 44
The Pittsburgh Corsairs, the Long Island Panthersp. 61
Onionskin Angelp. 76
Other Everestsp. 96
Iroquois Flightp. 111
This Awful War You'll Terminate
The Ridgwayp. 133
Roads, Rails, Bridges, Tunnels, Damsp. 150
Oh! Welcome to Korean Hillsp. 169
From a Cold Seap. 186
Unhappy Valleysp. 203
The Bridges At Samdong-NI
Epics in Failurep. 225
Jersey Bouncep. 249
Implacable Enemies and Unforgiving Elementsp. 266
Countering at the Right Momentsp. 285
Something Like Peacep. 304
Three Epiloguesp. 321
Notesp. 337
Glossaryp. 341
Bibliographyp. 345
Acknowledgmentsp. 349
Ready Roomsp. 351
Roll Callp. 371
Indexp. 381
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