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Air-to-Ground Battle for Italy

Michael C. McCarthy
2004, 116 pages
Cost: $10.25 (for Non-DoD/Military/Retired Personnel)
ISBN: 1-58566-128-7
AU Press Code:B-94
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Brig Gen Michael C. McCarthy wrote this World War II memoir from his perspective as a fighter pilot who flew two years with one squadron first in the P-40 then P-47. During the war, he progressed to major and acting squadron commander. He began training after Pearl Harbor in the Army Aviation Cadet program and continued with P-40 training in Florida. With some of his classmates, he traveled through equatorial Africa ferrying P-40s to Cairo and Cape Bon to join the 57th Fighter Group. This three-part story, set primarily in Italy, captures fears, uncertainties, and accomplishments of ordinary Americans involved in extraordinary events.

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