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Old 09-13-2014 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
I just finished reading a book about Curtis LeMay.

Crazy amount of crap those guys went through, and the death rates...even in training!

Amazon.com: LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay (9781596987692): Warren Kozak: Books

Being a SAC Trained Killer, I had to find out about my 'roots'. Amazing stuff.
I'll have to get that one. But, the best first person B-17 book I've ever read is "The Wrong Stuff". Funny and scary at the same time.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/080613...&robot_redir=1

Guy became a screen writer after the war so he writes real well too.
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