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"May 26, 1945 target Tokyo; the target was the eastern part of the industrial section of Tokyo. It was hot as hell too, because the Japanese were waiting for us. We went into the target individually and as we made our sweep, one Jap twin-engine fighter was waiting about 20 miles off the coast and followed us over the target. Flak was very heavy and searchlights were estimated at about 400 in number in the Tokyo area. We were in the searchlights all the way through the target. Losses were estimated to be about 18 B-29's. One crew came back with the tail almost shot off and the tail gunner had been killed instantly. On both raids the industrial centers we hit had an estimated civilian population of 50,000 to 75,000 people per square mile area. Fires started by the incendiary bombs covered 10 square miles and could be seen 200 miles out to sea."
"May 26, 1945 target Tokyo; the target was the eastern part of the industrial section of Tokyo. It was hot as hell too, because the Japanese were waiting for us. We went into the target individually and as we made our sweep, one Jap twin-engine fighter was waiting about 20 miles off the coast and followed us over the target. Flak was very heavy and searchlights were estimated at about 400 in number in the Tokyo area. We were in the searchlights all the way through the target. Losses were estimated to be about 18 B-29's. One crew came back with the tail almost shot off and the tail gunner had been killed instantly. On both raids the industrial centers we hit had an estimated civilian population of 50,000 to 75,000 people per square mile area. Fires started by the incendiary bombs covered 10 square miles and could be seen 200 miles out to sea."
If this dialog sounds like a plot from a war movie it well could be, however the account consists of the bombing mission quotes taken directly from the diary of S/Sgt Herb Greer, Radio operator on a B-29 Superfortress named the "City of Monroe" during the war with Japan. The diary takes each of the 28 missions flown by the B-29 "City of Monroe" one by one and details those events as they happened over Japan. The accounts are filled with such phrases as "Great Fires, clouds of thick black smoke, horrific smells meaning flesh burning, which permeated the aircraft over the target area and lingered until they landed some 8 to 10 hours later on Guam. Bombing missions were repeated until most of the industrial areas of Japans major cities were nothing but ashes. The final days were approaching when Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be devastated with the two atomic bombs. The gentleman that I speak of is my father, Herbert L. Greer and this is a book of his diary, supplemental comments and pictures that reflect on a period of time that the United States freedom and liberty were highly at risk.
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Ron Greer attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville prior to his military duty in the US Air Force. He served in the Vietnam War and later spent twenty-five years in human resources management. Greer lived with his father, Herb, as caregiver until his father's death in 2007. Herbert L. Greer was born in Chelan, Washington and married Hazel Jean Ozbirn from Salem, Arkansas July 16, 1944. They were married going on 50 years upon her passing April 23, 1993. They had two children Linda Diane Greer and Ronald Lyndon Greer. His career in the military spanned some 23 years and put him aboard such aircraft as the B-17, B-24, B-29, B-36, B-52 and B-47 while at Little Rock Air Force Base Jacksonville, Arkansas where he retired. Mike Wicks was born in London, England and spent a large part of his career in the publishing industry. He currently lives in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada with his wife Sheila and a manic cat, Phoebe. He is a writer for hire and loves nothing more than to help people bring life to their book ideas. This is his third book.
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2005 SILVER MEDAL AWARD - Best Military Memoir -- Military Writers Society of America (MWSA)
Puts the reader in the hot seat like no other of its kind. To read it is to live it. -- Jim B. Smith, Author of The Last Mission
The daily diary accounting of the B-29 raids over japan provides a vivid picture of how it was. -- Lt. Col. Donald (Buzz) Wagner USAF Ret'd
Puts the reader in the hot seat like no other of its kind. To read it is to live it. -- Jim B. Smith, Author of The Last Mission
The daily diary accounting of the B-29 raids over japan provides a vivid picture of how it was. -- Lt. Col. Donald (Buzz) Wagner USAF Ret'd
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