Hell Is So Green: Search and Rescue Over the Hump in World War II - Rilegato

Diebold, William

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ISBN 10: 0762772735 ISBN 13: 9780762772735

Casa editrice: Lyons Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Lt. William Diebold served in the Army’s Air Transport Command in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II and never fired a weapon in battle. Like many men who flew the Hump, he never saw on-the-ground combat, but he fought bravely by saving lives. Flyers who crossed the eastern Himalayas to keep the allied armies in China supplied with food, fuel, and weapons against Japan?preventing it from concentrating its power in the Pacific?often flew in zero-visibility, sometimes crashing into mountains or falling from the sky from Japanese Zero attacks. Those pilots who survived, Bill Diebold rescued.

 

In Hell Is So Green, Diebold vividly describes the heat and stink of the jungle; the vermin, lice, and leeches; the towering mountains and roaring rivers. Rich with war slang, wisecracks, and old-fashioned phrases, his story reverberates with authenticity and represents the stories of many men that have never been told. After the author’s early death, the manuscript was put away in an attic?until now. Here, from the shadows of that attic, comes a compelling story of courage under fire and heroism for the ages.

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L'autore:

Lt. William Diebold wrote Hell Is So Green shortly after returning to America. An excerpt from the manuscript appeared in Cosmopolitan in 1946 and Coast Artillery Journal in 1947. Diebold died in 1965.

Richard Matthews is a feature writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, and many other publications. .

Product Description:

A rare, firsthand account of the rescue mission to aid the biggest air-supply of World War II. Lt. William Diebold served in the Army's Air Transport Command in the China-Burma-India theater, saving the lives of the men who flew the Hump to keep allied China supplied against Imperial Japan. Often flying in zero-visibility, many pilots went down over the eastern Himalayas. Those who survived Bill Diebold rescued. Rich with war slang, wisecracks, and old-fashioned phrases, Diebold's story is all the more extraordinary for its authentic voice and represents the stories of many men that have never been told. Here is a compelling tale of courage in the wild.

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• Editore: Lyons Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0762772735
• ISBN 13: 9780762772735
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 262
• Redattore: Matthews Richard