Wild Blue Yonder
Title | Wild Blue Yonder PDF eBook |
Author | Jack B. Rochester |
Publisher | Wheatmark, Inc. |
Total Pages | 358 |
Release | 2018-07-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1627876189 |
Over 650 Vietnam War novels have been published, mostly dark tales from the war zone. In Wild Blue Yonder, Airman Nathaniel Hawthorne Flowers goes not to Vietnam but Germany, straight into a military Catch-22. His assignment: writing stories for the Stars and Stripes newspaper that will never see print. Nate's adventure deepens as he and his fellow troops try to understand why they're there, the military mindset, and the massive social disruption roiling 1960's America. Existential, psychedelic, funny, and laced with rock 'n' roll, Wild Blue Yonder is the story of Nate's quest for personal and spiritual values while trying to learn the meaning of family, friendship, and the love of the girl he left behind.
Wild Blue Yonder
Title | Wild Blue Yonder PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Kotz |
Publisher | Pantheon |
Total Pages | 346 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder
Title | Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder PDF eBook |
Author | Travis Nichols |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781566892414 |
A picturesque story of modern love, old flames, and the long shadow of history.
The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond
Title | The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Rob Morris |
Publisher | Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | 501 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1597977179 |
The complete history of a legendary World War II bomb group
Into the Wild Blue Yonder
Title | Into the Wild Blue Yonder PDF eBook |
Author | Allan T. Stein |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | 199 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1603445978 |
"Allan T. Stein idolized his uncle, a pilot in the Great War. So in 1943, in the midst of the Second World War, he left Texas A & M University for Lackland Air Field to learn to fly. By the time he retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1969, Stein had flown everything from BT-13s and B-24s to B-52s and C-47s. During World War II, he flew missions over China and the Sea of Japan, and by V-J Day, he had participated in eight campaigns and logged 347 hours in combat. Stein later spent one year in Vietnam as operations officer for the 360 TEWS (Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron), which used refitted C-47s to monitor and locate Vietcong units. He ended his career as inspector general of the Civil Air Patrol." "Stein considers himself to have been an ordinary airman, not a hero. But he was also a seasoned pilot and a conscientious officer with a strong sense of right and wrong. After a young pilot he had certified died in an accident, Stein made it a practice to fail all but the best candidates. He was just as disgusted with the corruption he encountered in the Civil Air Patrol as he was with the tendentious reporters he met in Saigon's Hotel Caravelle." "Although he met his share of cowards and scoundrels, Stein loved to fly and he loved the air force. He was the sort of officer his superiors trusted not to make mistakes, but he was not the sort to rise to high rank. What he offers here is an account of a typical career as an air force officer, complete with its frustrations, moral dilemmas, and the occasional harrowing experience."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Wild Blue Yonder
Title | Wild Blue Yonder PDF eBook |
Author | Dick Harmon |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781886110335 |
The soaring saga and official history of Brigham Young University football, what some people have called the Mormon Notre Dame.
The Wild Blue
Title | The Wild Blue PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen E. Ambrose |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2002-05-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0743223098 |
Examines the lives of the pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners chosen by the Air Force to embark on the most dangerous missions during World War II.