For This Marvelous Country: Counting on me to get them back home - Softcover

Offutt, Carol Rose; Rose, William B.; Rose, Mary Margaret Cline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615336051 ISBN 13: 9780615336053

Publisher: Carol Rose Offutt, 2009

Synopsis

For This Marvelous Country is the true life story of a B-17 combat pilot in the Eighth Air Force, 92nd Bombardment Group in the European Operational Theater of WWII. Bill struggles through twenty-five combat missions, including the epic air battle, Schweinfurt. Then, after a stint in the States, he volunteers for a second tour, anxious for combat and eager for the responsibility of a crew. Bill and Marg's wartime correspondence began in 1943 at her mother's persistence. Their letters were "friendly, but not familiar"; a reflection of Bill's military training.

About this title

About the Author:

Carol Rose Offutt is married, the mother of two adult children, a former college instructor and a member of the 92nd USAAF-USAF Memorial Association. A few years ago she spoke with several men she found crying as they knelt by a B-17 Flying Fortress on display. She then took a tour of that refurbished relic of a plane. With that personal experience, she realized why her father woke in sweat from frantic nightmares and why her mother was so smitten with her flyboy, Bill.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carol Rose Offutt
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0615336051
• ISBN 13: 9780615336053
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162