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04459aam a2200517Ii 4500 001 8DAC0DE4419C11EA87B5E93097128E48 003 SILO 005 20200128010206 008 190816s2019 mnuabc b 001 0beng d 020 $a 0985270527 020 $a 9780985270520 035 $a (OCoLC)1112359332 040 $a HCO $b eng $e rda $c HCO $d OCLCF $d OCL $d OCLCA $d BA# $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a D790.262 353rd $b .S25 2019 100 1 $a Sailer, Paul M., $e author. 245 14 $a The oranges are sweet : $b Major Don M. Beerbower and the 353rd Fighter Squadron, November 1942 to August 1944 / $c by Paul M. Sailer. 246 30 $a Major Don M. Beerbower and the 353rd Fighter Squadron, November 1942 to August 1944 250 $a Second edition. 264 1 $a Wadena, Minnesota : $b Loden Books, LLC, $c 2019 300 $a xix, 460 pages : $b illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Colored maps on endpapers. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-450) and index. 505 0 $a A sure hit -- Now you remember -- An extremely honest kid -- Though the mountains shake -- For thee they died -- Wow! -- A dark day -- I'll never forget it -- We'll like it -- No horseplay -- Buzzbower -- We talked quietly -- Brave as heck -- Pulling out tonite! -- Really a honey! -- First loss -- A gloomy bunch tonite -- It's exciting work -- Little friends -- It's a dangerous game -- Damn! -- You must persevere -- On the beam -- Flak galore -- A desperate will -- Big friends -- Unbelievable! -- Over my protest -- Gallantry in action -- An inefficient use of resources -- The Church of St. Anne -- Oh, my goodness -- In humble gratitude. 520 $a "This Special Edition of The Oranges are Sweet commemorates the life-ending sacrifice made by Major Don M. Beerbower in 1944. The new second edition contains information from the author's fascinating visit to England and France where he toured the 353rd Fighter Squadron airfields, the 22 year old's crash site, new photographs, images and text, map upgrades, and new primary source material from the author's ongoing research since the book's first publication in 2011. In The Oranges are Sweet, Paul Sailer follows Major Beerbower from his upbringing in a small town in Minnesota to his last combat mission on August 9, 1944. In this well-researched book about Beerbower and his colleagues, the author takes us back to the great air battles over Germany. Beerbower excelled as a fighter pilot and leader. In addition to his courage and shooting skill, he possessed the key ingredient of our great aces - the ability to bring out the best in other fighter pilots. Through Sailer's use of Beerbower's diary, letters, reports, and news stories, the triple ace's passion for flying in combat comes to life. In numerous pilot and ground crew interviews, military documents, personal memoirs, and unit histories, the author examines what made Beerbower and his colleagues so successful against the Luftwaffe. He also concentrates on the critical support Beerbower received from his wife, family, and community. In The Oranges are Sweet, we see the triumph of Allied victory in WWII through the sacrifice of those who understood the dire threat to all freedom loving people"--Amazon.com. 600 10 $a Beerbower, Don M., $d 1921-1944. 610 10 $a United States. $b Fighter Squadron, 353rd $b Fighter Squadron, 353rd $x History. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army Air Forces $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a Fighter pilots $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Regimental histories $z United States. 610 17 $a United States. $b Army Air Forces. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00549671 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 7 $a Fighter pilots. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00923988 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial $x American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710199 650 7 $a Regimental histories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354209 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l AWPD207 $d 20230209015112.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323022313.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8DAC0DE4419C11EA87B5E93097128E48 994 $a C0 $b BA#Initiate Another SILO Locator Search