"McIntyre recounts the stories of many airmen who did not return, which are undeniably touching, as are the photographs he includes. Because of their size, the B-29s were able to drop the atomic bombs that ended the war. But it is the human stories that resonate the most... A heartfelt account of the men who flew the combat airplane known as the Superfortress." — Kirkus Reviews During World War II, there were many ways that a B-29er could be killed: a ruthless enemy, an unforgiving ocean that stretched for thousands of miles, or the faulty engines of their own airplanes. But they all volunteered for it, and they continued flying – and dying – until they brought the war to an early end and saved hundreds of thousands of American lives. They were The Heroes We Needed. In this riveting saga of sacrifice and salvation, Trevor McIntyre brings to life the courageous American airmen who brought the Japanese Empire to its knees and ended World War II with the greatest bombers the world had ever seen, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and his fight 70 years later to save their stories from being forgotten.
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The Heroes We Needed
The B-29ers Who Ended World War II and My Fight to Save the Forgotten Stories of the Greatest Generation
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The B-29ers Who Ended World War II and My Fight to Save the Forgotten Stories of the Greatest Generation
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Photographs in Text
- List of Maps
- Prologue
- 1 The Greatest Gamble of All
- 2 The War of Production
- 3 Tempting Fate
- 4 We Are Going to Build It
- 5 The Battle of Kansas
- 6 The Global 20th
- 7 Friends Through History
- 8 The Beginning of the End
- 9 Miracle Over Nagoya
- 10 The Price of Freedom
- 11 Thank God for the Marines
- 12 Letters from Iwo Jima
- 13 Japan’s Invisible Ally
- 14 The Night Tokyo Died
- 15 It’s All Ashes
- 16 Voices from the Past
- 17 Flying for Uncle Sam
- 18 The Red, White and Blue
- 19 Downfall
- 20 Little Boy and Fat Man
- 21 The Victory Boys
- 22 A New Type of Bomb
- 23 Evacuate Your Cities
- 24 A New Gimmick
- 25 The Sacred Decision
- 26 The End
- Epilogue
- Postscript
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
- Back Cover
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