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000916333 1001_ $$aSchneck, Ralph H.,$$d1919-
000916333 24510 $$aCheerio and best wishes :$$bletters from a World War II Hoosier pilot /$$cRalph H. Schneck and Donald R. Schneck.
000916333 260__ $$aWest Lafayette, Ind. :$$bPurdue University Press,$$c©2013.
000916333 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 481 pages) :$$billustrations, maps
000916333 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000916333 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia
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000916333 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000916333 5050_ $$aChapter 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
000916333 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000916333 520__ $$aThis 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.
000916333 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record.
000916333 60010 $$aSchneck, Ralph H.,$$d1919-$$vCorrespondence.
000916333 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bArmy Air Forces$$vBiography.
000916333 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xAerial operations, American.
000916333 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$vPersonal narratives, American.
000916333 650_0 $$aAir pilots, Military$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000916333 651_0 $$aPosey County (Ind.)$$vBiography.
000916333 7001_ $$aSchneck, Donald R.
000916333 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSchneck, Ralph H., 1919-$$tCheerio and best wishes.$$dWest Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2013$$z9781557536402$$w(DLC)  2012029106$$w(OCoLC)801996498
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