The Real World of War

Ruth Welsh; Richard "Dick" Wiessner

ISBN 10: 1592988415 / ISBN 13: 9781592988419

Published by Beaver's Pond Press, 2015

About this Item

6 X 9 inches, 276 pages, paperback. Unmarked., First printing, very light damp stain on bottom edge, last 10 pages, otherwise Very Good. The story of the WWII 86th Fighter Bomber Group.

Seller Inventory # 2603121BoxO

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Real World of War
• Publisher: Beaver's Pond Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592988415
• ISBN 13: 9781592988419
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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Synopsis

After an idyllic boyhood in Minnesota, Dick Wiessner finds himself plunged into an unexpected and conflictual career at the outbreak of WWII. He must learn how to reconcile his German immigrant background with bombing and strafing their very fields, farms, rail lines and airports. Yet his eighty missions on the western front as a P-47 pilot, 86th Fighter Bomber Group, 526th Squadron, earn him a distinguished and decorated record. Vividly told in his own words, this fast moving story of death defying combat offers the graphically illustrated account of what war was really like and how- for many- it changed lives.