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Air-To-Ground Battle for Italy by Michael C. McCarthy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Air-To-Ground Battle for Italy about?
Brig Gen Michael C. McCarthy wrote this World War II memoir from his perspective as a fighter pilot who flew two years with one squadron first in the P-40 then P-47. During the war, he progressed to major and acting squadron commander. He began training after Pearl Harbor in the Army Aviation Cadet program and continued with P-40 training in Florida. With some of his classmates, he traveled through equatorial Africa ferrying P-40s to Cairo and Cape Bon to join the 57th Fighter Group. This three-part story, set primarily in Italy, captures fears, uncertainties, and accomplishments of ordinary Americans involved in extraordinary events.
Who reads Air-To-Ground Battle for Italy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Michael C. McCarthy
- Publisher
- Air University Press, Maxwell AFB, AL
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781429455558
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
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