Cheerio and best wishes :: letters from a World War II Hoosier pilot /
This is the true story of a young boy from Posey County, Indiana, who had a dream to fly. The outbreak of World War II enabled him to fulfill that dream. Cheerio and Best Wishes is told entirely through the letters he wrote to his family and friends. Detailed narrative and commentary provide explana...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This is the true story of a young boy from Posey County, Indiana, who had a dream to fly. The outbreak of World War II enabled him to fulfill that dream. Cheerio and Best Wishes is told entirely through the letters he wrote to his family and friends. Detailed narrative and commentary provide explanation and background information. One hundred thirty-eight letters are presented in this book. It is highly unusual to find this many letters from one person, curated by his family and recently rediscovered by his son, along with carefully created photograph albums. The story starts in rural southern Indiana and follows the young volunteer as he goes westward to California and New Mexico to be trained to fly bombers. From the United States, he travels via South America and North Africa to England and deploys with the Eighth Air Force. The accounts of his journeys and experiences are detailed, ranging from entertaining to spine-tingling. Moments of high drama intermingle with the mundane nature of war. Together the letters and pictures in this book (the originals are now preserved for posterity in the Purdue University Flight Archives) offer a comprehensive and cohesive story of how US airmen were prepared and trained for war, and detail the daily experience of a bomber pilot flying missions over Germany. The letters of one young flyer reflect the experience of thousands of Americans who volunteered to go to war in the 1940s. His experiences were those of a generation. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiii, 481 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781612492575 1612492576 9781612492582 1612492584 |
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| contents | Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 I Want to be a Flier -- Chapter 2 Class 42F: They Call us Dodos -- Chapter 3 Sure Enough it was Henry Fonda -- Chapter 4 Nothing to do but Fly -- Chapter 5 A New Navigator -- Chapter 6 She was Full-Blooded Portuguese -- Chapter 7 V-Mail, Crackers, and Washing Socks -- Chapter 8 The Big Show -- Chapter 9 French Follies and the Broads -- Chapter 10 Bombed to Pieces -- Chapter 11 Friends and Family -- Appendices -- References and Resources -- Index |
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| spelling | Schneck, Ralph H., 1919- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjxWPdmg4wWKdTPVF69jBX http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012047596 Cheerio and best wishes : letters from a World War II Hoosier pilot / Ralph H. Schneck and Donald R. Schneck. West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2013. 1 online resource (xiii, 481 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. This is the true story of a young boy from Posey County, Indiana, who had a dream to fly. The outbreak of World War II enabled him to fulfill that dream. Cheerio and Best Wishes is told entirely through the letters he wrote to his family and friends. Detailed narrative and commentary provide explanation and background information. One hundred thirty-eight letters are presented in this book. It is highly unusual to find this many letters from one person, curated by his family and recently rediscovered by his son, along with carefully created photograph albums. The story starts in rural southern Indiana and follows the young volunteer as he goes westward to California and New Mexico to be trained to fly bombers. From the United States, he travels via South America and North Africa to England and deploys with the Eighth Air Force. The accounts of his journeys and experiences are detailed, ranging from entertaining to spine-tingling. Moments of high drama intermingle with the mundane nature of war. Together the letters and pictures in this book (the originals are now preserved for posterity in the Purdue University Flight Archives) offer a comprehensive and cohesive story of how US airmen were prepared and trained for war, and detail the daily experience of a bomber pilot flying missions over Germany. The letters of one young flyer reflect the experience of thousands of Americans who volunteered to go to war in the 1940s. His experiences were those of a generation. Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 I Want to be a Flier -- Chapter 2 Class 42F: They Call us Dodos -- Chapter 3 Sure Enough it was Henry Fonda -- Chapter 4 Nothing to do but Fly -- Chapter 5 A New Navigator -- Chapter 6 She was Full-Blooded Portuguese -- Chapter 7 V-Mail, Crackers, and Washing Socks -- Chapter 8 The Big Show -- Chapter 9 French Follies and the Broads -- Chapter 10 Bombed to Pieces -- Chapter 11 Friends and Family -- Appendices -- References and Resources -- Index Schneck, Ralph H., 1919- Correspondence. United States. Army Air Forces Biography. Schneck, Ralph H., 1919- fast United States. Army Air Forces fast World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American. Air pilots, Military United States Biography. Posey County (Ind.) Biography. Pilotes d'aéronef militaires États-Unis Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh HISTORY Military World War II. bisacsh HISTORY Military Aviation. bisacsh Air pilots, Military fast Military operations, Aerial American fast Indiana Posey County fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkhJgkqMpd3W6prdjKGHC United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast collective biographies. aat autobiographies (literary works) aat Personal narratives fast Autobiographies fast Biographies fast Personal narratives American fast Personal correspondence fast Autobiographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026047 Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Personal narratives. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026142 Autobiographies. rvmgf Biographies. rvmgf Récits personnels. rvmgf Schneck, Donald R. has work: Cheerio and best wishes (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCG34r3QbXFJJdCmrjKMbQy https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Schneck, Ralph H., 1919- Cheerio and best wishes. West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2013 9781557536402 (DLC) 2012029106 (OCoLC)801996498 |
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| title_full | Cheerio and best wishes : letters from a World War II Hoosier pilot / Ralph H. Schneck and Donald R. Schneck. |
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| title_short | Cheerio and best wishes : |
| title_sort | cheerio and best wishes letters from a world war ii hoosier pilot |
| title_sub | letters from a World War II Hoosier pilot / |
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