Stout, Jay Jayhawk. Love, Loss, Liberation and Terror over the Pacific

Name: Stout, Jay: Jayhawk. Love, Loss, Liberation and Terror over the Pacific
Brand: Casemate Publishing
SKU: 5622/1249
Price: 31.95 EUR
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English text, paperback, with bw-illustrations and maps. 264 pages.

Manufacturer: Casemate Publishing
Manufacturer No.: 9781636243047

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Born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother, George Cooper is one of the few surviving veteran pilots who saw action over such fearsome targets as Rabaul and Wewak. Not just another flag-waving story of air combat, "Jayhawk" describes the war as it really was - a conflict with far-reaching tentacles that gripped and tore at not only the combatants, but also their families, friends and the way they lived their lives. Stout examines the story of Cooper's growing up in gentle and idyllic pre-war Manila and how he grew to be the man he is. At 100 years old, few men are left alive who can share similar experiences. Stout reviews Cooper's journey to the United States and his unlikely entry into the United States Army Air Forces. Trained as a B-25 pilot, Cooper was assigned to the iconic 345th Bomb Group and flew strafing missions that shredded the enemy, but likewise put himself and his comrades in grave danger.

A husband and father, Cooper was pulled two ways by the pull of duty and his obligation to his wife and daughter. And always on his mind was the family he left behind in the Philippines who were under the Japanese thrall.

Group: Books (first-hand)
Author: Stout, Jay
Title: Jayhawk. Love, Loss, Liberation and Terror over the Pacific
Details: English text, paperback, with bw-illustrations and maps. 264 pages.