Just got this from Amazon - ordered almost a month ago. (y)
**Coffin Corner Boys
One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France**
*As a young band of brothers flies over German-occupied France, they come under heavy fire. Their B-17 is shot down and the airmen—stumbling through fields and villages—scatter across Europe. Some struggled to flee for safety. Others were captured immediately and imprisoned. Now, for the first time, their incredible story of grit, survival, and reunion is told.
Airmen called George’s position the “Coffin Corner” (low squadron, low group, flying #6 in the bomber box formation) because here exposure was most likely to draw hostile fire. Sure enough, George’s plane was shot down by a German Fw190, and he jumped at 25,000 feet for the “first and only time,” as he tells the story. He landed near Vitry-le-Perthois to begin a 300-mile trek through the dangers of war-torn France towards the freedom of neutral Switzerland
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What's on your reading list?
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Finished the Coffin Corner Boys, all 10 made it to the ground safely from 25.000 feet. Between Spain, Switzerland and the POW Stalags they all survived the war somehow. Have pics from the books but not easy from the laptop.
Now I'm on "The Caine Mutiny", found a 1st edition from 1951 in the basement while looking for something new.
I'm sure I'll have to find the movie again once I'm done, great read so far.
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Now I'm on "The Caine Mutiny", found a 1st edition from 1951 in the basement while looking for something new.
I'm sure I'll have to find the movie again once I'm done, great read so far.
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CommodoreOriginal Crew9,821 postsSince 2018
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Finished the Coffin Corner Boys, all 10 made it to the ground safely from 25.000 feet. Between Spain, Switzerland and the POW Stalags they all survived the war somehow. Have pics from the books but not easy from the laptop.
Now I'm on "The Caine Mutiny", found a 1st edition from 1951 in the basement while looking for something new.
I'm sure I'll have to find the movie again once I'm done, great read so far.
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Cool Library in the basement?
Finished the Coffin Corner Boys, all 10 made it to the ground safely from 25.000 feet. Between Spain, Switzerland and the POW Stalags they all survived the war somehow. Have pics from the books but not easy from the laptop.
Now I'm on "The Caine Mutiny", found a 1st edition from 1951 in the basement while looking for something new.
I'm sure I'll have to find the movie again once I'm done, great read so far.
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Cool Library in the basement?
AdmiralOriginal Crew40,955 postsSince 2018
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Some old stuff that the family had in a storage unit for years, was opening boxes looking for anything to read.
Just googled the author Herman Wouk, he died a year ago just before his 104th birthday
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Thats cool never know what you will find
Some old stuff that the family had in a storage unit for years, was opening boxes looking for anything to read.
Just googled the author Herman Wouk, he died a year ago just before his 104th birthday
:oops:
Thats cool never know what you will find
AdmiralOriginal Crew40,955 postsSince 2018
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Last month I finished “Lonesome Dove” and thoroughly enjoyed it...just a very enjoyable story...check it out....also over the winter I read “The Terror”, which was really good - about a 19th century British expedition that gets stranded in the Arctic.
DeckhandOriginal Crew16 postsSince 2019
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Last month I finished “Lonesome Dove” and thoroughly enjoyed it...just a very enjoyable story...check it out....also over the winter I read “The Terror”, which was really good - about a 19th century British expedition that gets stranded in the Arctic.
Lonesome Dove was an excellent read.(y)
Last month I finished “Lonesome Dove” and thoroughly enjoyed it...just a very enjoyable story...check it out....also over the winter I read “The Terror”, which was really good - about a 19th century British expedition that gets stranded in the Arctic.
Lonesome Dove was an excellent read.(y)
CommodoreOriginal Crew12,891 postsSince 2019
I’m really liking the book I’m reading now: Rainbows end the crash of 1929.
it touches on a lot of early characters on Wall Street including Hetty Green. Would like to pickup a book about her.
I have Dark Noon the story of the Pelican sitting on my desk. That’s probably next.
it touches on a lot of early characters on Wall Street including Hetty Green. Would like to pickup a book about her.
I have Dark Noon the story of the Pelican sitting on my desk. That’s probably next.
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,665 postsSince 2018
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Am currently reading Empire of the Summer Moon, story of Comanche chief Quanah Parker. Book by SC Gwynne,
written in 2010...really interesting history of horse soldier tribe Comanches...very bloody and realistic history of Texas frontier...highly recommend this book.
written in 2010...really interesting history of horse soldier tribe Comanches...very bloody and realistic history of Texas frontier...highly recommend this book.
DeckhandOriginal Crew16 postsSince 2019
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