Starting out as an observer for heavy field artillery in an unarmed piper cub in New Guinea, Guy earned the Silver Star, Soldiers Medal, and DFC and promotion to Second Lieutenant. Transferred to the 43rd Bomb Group, he flew B-24s for 32 missions, without regular pilot’s wings, a feat unequalled in the war.

“I loved the book…he is a combination of guts, capability, loyalty and stubbornness.”
     --Dr. Milton Gusack, 43rd Bomb Group flight surgeon

“This is one of the most unusual WWII stories that I have ever run across.”
     --Hal Eustace, USAF publicity, 1958

In 2002, upon returning to his grandparents' house for a family wedding, Clinton Frederick made a remarkable discovery: a trunk filled with letters written by his father, Capt. George F. Frederick. Through these letters, Clinton is able to piece together a picture not only of his father, but also of the key battles in the Pacific during WWII. The long-hidden correspondence helps him capture the human side of war (the aspirations, fears, terror, horror, grief, anger, sympathy, love and devotion) that his father experienced in battle, and the anxiety of his family waiting for his return from the South Pacific.

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by Martha Byrd, 1997
Preston Bryant, editor
242 pages, ISBN 1-58566-020-5
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Flying into Hawaii at the height of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the B-17 was in the war from the very start. Fighting from the Philippines to Australia, and from Hawaii to Guadalcanal, the B-17 played a significant role at Coral Sea, Midway and the Bismark Sea. It was one of America's most instrumental weapons against the onrushing Japanese tide.

Althought the B-17, the Flying Fortress, is one of the best loved and most recognized planes used in World War II, no other book has yet to describe in detail the extensive use of the B-17 in the Pacific. Fortress Against the Sun is the first book ever dedicated solely to the use of the Boeing B-17 in the Pacific.

Fortress Against the Sun not only tells the history of the plane in the Pacific theater, but of the men who flew her, fought in her, serviced her and lived with her. Drawing extensively from primary sources, including letters, diaries, postwar memoirs, government documents and squadron histories, the author weaves together the history of the operations and story of the men in the air and on the ground?the strategy and the tactics along with the mud, the rain, the heat and the insects.

Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Hardcover - 900 pages (April 1998)  Pacifica Pr; ISBN: 0935553266 ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.32 x 6.52 x 9.58

THE absolute reference on US air involvement in the Pacific. Of course, this is no reading book. But any person who has an interest on air war in the pacific MUST have this book. This is a chronological day by day and theater by theater account of missions, units movements and victory claims for all US air operations, be it Army Air Force, Navy or Marine Corps. All this is served by excellent indexes that make it easy to find what you are looking for: places, poeple, units, you name it. In a nutshell - The perfect reference book.

More than a chronology of battles and campaigns, this source provides background material that allows the reader to comprehend the factors, developments, and results of World War II's Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO). The authors are a military analyst for NBC and an author of numerous books on military history.