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- Battle for the North Atlantic : the strategic Naval campaign that Won World II in Europe / by Bruning, John R.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC- Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
- © 2013., MBI Pub.,
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- Indestructible : one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII / by Bruning, John R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957.; Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957; Philippine Airlines; Air pilots; Americans; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; Aeronautics, Military; Rescues; World War, 1939-1945;
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- The race of aces : WWII's elite airmen and the epic battle to become the master of the sky / by Bruning, John R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Biographies.; United States. Army Air Forces; Fighter pilots; World War, 1939-1945;
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