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The wild blue

Author: Stephen E Ambrose; Jeffrey DeMunn
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Audioworks, [2001], ℗1998.
Edition/Format:  Music CD : CD audio : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Biographies
History
Biography
Named Person: George S McGovern; George S McGovern
Material Type: Music
Document Type: Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen E Ambrose; Jeffrey DeMunn
ISBN: 0743507878 9780743507875
OCLC Number: 1010955883
Notes: Compact discs.
Unabridged.
Performer(s): Read by Jeffrey DeMunn with an introduction read by the author.
Description: 8 audio discs (approximately 9 hr.) : digital, Dolby processed ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Titles: Men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany
Responsibility: Stephen E. Ambrose.

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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.

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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/3856597649#Topic\/regimental_histories<\/a>> # Regimental histories<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Regimental histories<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/3856597649#Topic\/world_war_1939_1945_aerial_operations_american<\/a>> # World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/3856597649#Topic\/world_war_1939_1945_regimental_histories_united_states<\/a>> # World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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