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The riveting firsthand account of World War II pilot Robert Morgan, his crew, and the legendary Memphis Belle-written with Ron Powers, cowriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers.
A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and heroism under fire, this is the unforgettable memoir of a member of the Greatest Generation who fought in America's greatest battles-and of the war one man waged both in and out of the skies. High-spirited, young Robert Morgan was transformed from a fast-living, privileged playboy who grew up hobnobbing with the Vanderbilts into a steel-nerved pilot forged in the cauldron of World War II's most dangerous and desperate aerial encounters. This is the triumphant tale of that transformation-and of the airplane and crew that never failed to bring him back home.
Col. Robert Morgan, USAFR, Ret., was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters. An avid flyer, he lived with his wife, Linda, in Asheville, North Carolina until his death in 2004.
Ron Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and cowriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Flags of Our Fathers, with James Bradley. He lives in Middlebury, Vermont.
The riveting firsthand account of World War II pilot Robert Morgan, his crew, and the legendary Memphis Belle-written with Ron Powers, cowriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers.
A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and heroism under fire, this is the unforgettable memoir of a member of the Greatest Generation who fought in America's greatest battles-and of the war one man waged both in and out of the skies. High-spirited, young Robert Morgan was transformed from a fast-living, privileged playboy who grew up hobnobbing with the Vanderbilts into a steel-nerved pilot forged in the cauldron of World War II's most dangerous and desperate aerial encounters. This is the triumphant tale of that transformation-and of the airplane and crew that never failed to bring him back home.
Col. Robert Morgan, USAFR, Ret., was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters. An avid flyer, he lived with his wife, Linda, in Asheville, North Carolina until his death in 2004.
Ron Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and cowriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Flags of Our Fathers, with James Bradley. He lives in Middlebury, Vermont.
Col. Robert Morgan, USAFR, Ret., was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Medal with nine
Oak Leaf Clusters. An avidflyer, he lived with his wife, Linda, in
Asheville, North Carolina until his death in 2004.
Ron Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and cowriter of
the #1 New York Times bestseller, Flags of Our Fathers, with James
Bradley. He lives in Middlebury, Vermont.
“As the most celebrated American bomber pilot of World War II,
Robert Morgan has a remarkable story to tell, and he tells it
candidly and lucidly in amazingly recalled detail.”—Brig. Gen.
Henry C. Huglin, USAF, Ret.
“Bring[s] a new perspective to World War II
literature...Exciting”—Library Journal
“Fans of military memoirs will like the first-person straight talk
and action…Morgan’s personal life…is presented with ease and
relative candor.”—Publishers Weekly
“This book unashamedly sports a Greatest Generation aura as it
sings a love song to the B-17 that aviation buffs at least should
find irresistible. It also provides an invaluable
participant’s view of a major aspect of the U.S. experience of
World War II—the strategic bombing campaign—and as such is
definitely a book that needed to be written while the best man
could still write it.”—Booklist
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