Shot at and Missed

2012-02-27 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Jack R. Myers
Release : 2012-02-27
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 892/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Shot at and Missed written by Jack R. Myers. This book was released on 2012-02-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting narrative, Jack R. Myers recounts his experiences as a B-17 bombardier during World War II. Commissioned a second lieutenant in 1944 at age twenty, Myers began flying missions with the 2nd Bomb Group, U.S. Fifteenth Air Force. He learned firsthand the exhilaration—and terror—of being shot at and missed. Based in Italy, the Fifteenth Air Force flew strategic bombing raids over southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, and Czechoslovakia. Less celebrated than the Eighth Air Force, which flew out of England, the Fifteenth, nevertheless, was pivotal in dismantling the German industrial complex. Myers offers an insider’s view of these missions over southern and central Europe. The reader goes with him into the highly exposed Plexiglas nose of the Flying Fortress, flying with him through the flak-filled skies of Europe and peering with him through his Norden bombsight at Axis targets. On average, a heavy-bomber crewman survived only sixteen bombing missions. Myers survived his allotted thirty-five missions before being honorably discharged in 1945.

Shot at and Missed

2014-10-30 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Jack R. Myers
Release : 2014-10-30
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 307/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Shot at and Missed written by Jack R. Myers. This book was released on 2014-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting narrative, Jack R. Myers recounts his experiences as a B-17 bombardier during World War II. Commissioned a second lieutenant in 1944 at age twenty, Myers began flying missions with the 2nd Bomb Group, U.S. Fifteenth Air Force. He learned firsthand the exhilaration—and terror—of being shot at and missed. Based in Italy, the Fifteenth Air Force flew strategic bombing raids over southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, and Czechoslovakia. Less celebrated than the Eighth Air Force, which flew out of England, the Fifteenth, nevertheless, was pivotal in dismantling the German industrial complex. Myers offers an insider’s view of these missions over southern and central Europe. The reader goes with him into the highly exposed Plexiglas nose of the Flying Fortress, flying with him through the flak-filled skies of Europe and peering with him through his Norden bombsight at Axis targets. On average, a heavy-bomber crewman survived only sixteen bombing missions. Myers survived his allotted thirty-five missions before being honorably discharged in 1945.

Shot at & Missed

2017-06-15 Chicago (Ill.)

Author : Neal E. Morgan
Release : 2017-06-15
Genre : Chicago (Ill.)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 240/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Shot at & Missed written by Neal E. Morgan. This book was released on 2017-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of my short military service including my perspective of the Vietnam War from the start, and it follows America's descent into chaos until the final days in 1975. I was drafted several times and eventually was inducted into the Army on April 20, 1967, and then was sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky for Basic Training. Afterwards, I was assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for Combat Engineering Training where I headed a squad of 16 people. In October, I was sent to Vietnam as a Combat Engineer; but, through fortuitous circumstances, I became a Finance Specialist with the 1st Infantry Division, better known as the Big Red One. I witnessed the treacherous deceit of the 1968 Tet Offensive and the escalation of hostilities that followed from a bunker on our basecamp's perimeter. I honestly do know how it feels to be shot at and missed; but, in fact, I only felt the real impact of the war whenever I had to close a file for someone killed in action. When I was in Vietnam, the world was a completely different place. We still have many of the same social challenges, but the economic, technical, scientific, and medical advances have all been amazing. Unfortunately, in too many ways, nothing has changed. Our planet is still at war, inhumanity is all too frequently the headline, and religious exploitation and racial strife shackle any hope for world peace. Perhaps this book, in some small way, will help us avoid the mistakes of the past. My term of duty ended on November 21, 1968 and I returned physically unscathed but somewhat morally affected. I am very proud of my service and the fact that I chose to serve my country during perilous times. I have offered my insights with high hopes for our country and to honor all those who have served in the military and given so much of themselves to help preserve our nation's freedoms and defend the rights we hold so dear. It took almost five decades, half a century, for me to reflect and then write this book, but I seriously doubt I could have completed it any sooner. God bless America. Neal Morgan

Shot Happens

2009-01-01 Self-Help

Author : Mike Schlappi
Release : 2009-01-01
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 476/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Shot Happens written by Mike Schlappi. This book was released on 2009-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I did get shot and it is my problem. A bullet fired at point-blank range, slammed into my chest, clipped my lung, narrowly missed my heart and lodged in my spine, paralyzing me from the chest down - and I had to deal with it. I still have to deal with it every day. That is my problem. Now, what is your problem? What do you have to deal with today - or every day? Do you have something lodged in you - maybe not in your spine, but perhaps in your heart or mind - that causes you pain and makes you feel paralyzed one way or another? What position are you taking relative to your problems? In other words, what is your attitude relative to your situation? Technically, that is what attitude is; it is simply a position.

A Shot at Normal

2021-02-16 Young Adult Fiction

Author : Marisa Reichardt
Release : 2021-02-16
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
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Book Rating : 961/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Shot at Normal written by Marisa Reichardt. This book was released on 2021-02-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marisa Reichardt's A Shot at Normal is a powerful and timely novel about justice, agency, family, and taking your shot, even when it seems impossible. Dr. Villapando told me to get a good attorney. He wasn't serious. But I am. I'm going to sue my parents. Juniper Jade's parents are hippies. They didn’t attend the first Woodstock, but they were there for the second one. The Jade family lives an all-organic homeschool lifestyle that means no plastics, no cell phones, and no vaccines. It isn’t exactly normal, but it’s the only thing Juniper has ever known. She doesn’t agree with her parents on everything, but she knows that to be in this family, you've got to stick to the rules. That is, until the unthinkable happens. Juniper contracts the measles and unknowingly passes the disease along, with tragic consequences. She is shell-shocked. Juniper knows she is responsible and feels simultaneously helpless and furious at her parents, and herself. Now, with the help of Nico, the boy who works at the library and loves movies and may just be more than a friend, Juniper comes to a decision: she is going to get vaccinated. Her parents refuse so Juniper arms herself with a lawyer and prepares for battle. But is waging war for her autonomy worth losing her family? How much is Juniper willing to risk for a shot at normal?

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