Flying with Dad: A Daughter. A Father. And the Hidden Gifts in His Stories from World War II.
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Yvonne Caputo
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Richard Dumont
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Yvonne Caputo
About this listen
Written with vivid detail, this encouraging, life-giving audiobook is a tale of a World War II Veteran father and his daughter, who found the relationship with him she'd always longed for.
Do you have a family member who served in the military, who perhaps saw war, and wondered what their experience was really like? Do you suspect there are past traumas that might be affecting their ability to open up? Do you wish you could feel closer and more connected to your mom, dad, or other family members? If yes, Flying with Dad will pull you into a real-life story that shows you how.
At age 10, author Yvonne Caputo vied for her dad's attention. At 20, they fought about race. At 60, she struggled to talk with him about what mattered.
In Flying With Dad, Caputo charts her journey to her father through the re-telling of why he went from repairing planes to being a B-24 navigator in WWII, how heavy German flak led to post-war nightmares, and why he suffered years of guilt after one particular bombing run over Unterschlauersbach, Germany.
Over the years, Yvonne would ask her father questions about this past. She'd listen, pay attention, and found that he was paying attention to her as well. As she learned to meet him where he was, instead of where she wanted him to be, the result was an intimacy, a deep abiding respect, and a no-regrets final goodbye.
Flying with Dad is a heart-wrenching and heart-warming story of a daughter striving to understand her father and him opening up about the experiences that shapes so many soldiers and can get in the way of the rich relationships they and their children deserve.
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World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war, including a six-hundred-mile death march in 1945 across Central Europe. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. His nine children knew little of their dad's war story. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. Finally, Gene agrees.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Triumph, Tragedy, History
- By Bill54494 on 12-12-22
By: John Armbruster
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If My Heart Had Wings
- A World War II Love Story
- By: Nadine Taylor
- Narrated by: Nadine Taylor
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
At the height of WW2, 22-year-old Nina Raff learns that her beloved pilot husband has been killed in plane crash. To escape her grief, she upends her life, moves across country, and plunges into another marriage far too soon. For the next 20 years, she buries her sadness and ignores the past to appease her jealous alcoholic second husband. But when her teenage daughter discovers a long-hidden wedding photo, an unforgettable story of love, heartbreaking loss, oppression, and family secrets tumbles out, compounded by a mystery the daughter is determined to solve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully done!
- By Cdg on 07-10-20
By: Nadine Taylor
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Lone Stars
- By: Justin Deabler
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they're gone? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time to Eisenhower's immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War, crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, up to the disorienting polarization of Obama's second term.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read for bookclub but fell in Love
- By Ericka Lawson on 09-11-22
By: Justin Deabler
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Driving Miss Norma
- One Family's Journey Saying ""Yes"" to Living
- By: Tim Bauerschmidt, Ramie Liddle
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove, Nan McNamara
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma - newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage - rose to her full height of five feet and told her doctor, "I'm 90 years old. I'm hitting the road." Packing what she needed, Norma took off on an unforgettable cross-country journey with three professional nomads - her retired son, Tim; his wife, Ramie; and their standard poodle, Ringo.
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5 out of 5 stars
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so moving and inspiring
- By Travis Stone on 07-10-19
By: Tim Bauerschmidt, and others
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Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 70,971
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 65,516
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Story5 out of 5 stars 65,308
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Gutterball!
- By Jimmyjoejangles on 01-10-23
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Forgiveness
- A Gift from My Grandparents
- By: Mark Sakamoto
- Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
When the Second World War broke out, Ralph MacLean chose to escape his troubled life on the Magdalen Islands in eastern Canada and volunteer to serve his country overseas. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, Mitsue Sakamoto saw her family and her stable community torn apart after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Admirable progenitors
- By M. D. Baines on 04-24-18
By: Mark Sakamoto
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Army Wives
- The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage
- By: Tanya Biank
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
Army Wives goes beyond the sound bites and photo ops of military life to bring listeners into the hearts and homes of today's military wives. Biank tells the story of four typical Army wives who, in a flash, find themselves in extraordinary circumstances that ultimately force them to redefine who they are as women and wives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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True life, not the TV Show
- By M. Hill on 06-16-10
By: Tanya Biank
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As I Knew Him
- My Dad, Rod Serling
- By: Anne Serling
- Narrated by: Anne Serling
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
To Anne Serling, the imposing figure the public saw hosting The Twilight Zone each week, intoning cautionary observations about fate, chance, and humanity, was not the father she knew. Her fun-loving dad would play on the floor with the dogs, had nicknames for everyone in the family, and was apt to put a lampshade on his head and break out in song. He was her best friend, her playmate, and her confidant. After his unexpected death at 50, Anne, just 20, was left stunned.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Beautiful Tribute to a Wonderful Man
- By Becky on 04-12-20
By: Anne Serling
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Soul Survivor
- The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot
- By: Bruce Leininger, Andrea Leininger
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 168
This is the story of James Leininger, who---a little more than two weeks after his second birthday---began having blood-curdling nightmares that just would not stop. When James began screaming out recurring phrases like "Plane on fire! Little man can't get out!" the Leiningers finally admitted that they truly had to take notice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful true life story
- By Nancy on 01-09-10
By: Bruce Leininger, and others
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Blaze of Light
- The Inspiring True Story of Green Beret Medic Gary Beikirch, Medal of Honor Recipient
- By: Marcus Brotherton
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story5 out of 5 stars 91
After dawn the siege began. It was April 1, 1970, and Army Green Beret medic Gary Beikirch knew the odds were stacked against their survival. Some 10,000 enemy soldiers sought to obliterate the 12 American Special Forces troops and 400 indigenous fighters who stood fast to defend 2,300 women and children inside the village of Dak Seang. For his valor and selflessness during the ruthless siege, Beikirch would be awarded a Medal of Honor, the nation's highest and most prestigious military decoration.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hope for the future
- By Michael L. Jernigan on 04-09-20
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High Calling
- The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband
- By: Evelyn Husband, Donna VanLiere
- Narrated by: Evelyn Husband
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
February 1, 2003. A light flashed over a Texas sky and twisted metal rained across the countryside. As images of the wreckage from the Space Shuttle Columbia streamed across the nation's television screens, they became forever burned into our memories. But behind those images were stories that remained untold...until now.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An inspiring story of a life cut short
- By Debby Parker on 11-16-15
By: Evelyn Husband, and others
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He Came in with It
- A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness
- By: Miriam Feldman
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O’Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens off the conventional course. Like the 10 Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another: violence, evictions, arrests, a suicide attempt, a near-drowning - even cancer and a brain tumor - play against the backdrop of a wild teenage bacchanal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Beautifully Written
- By Michael on 08-01-22
By: Miriam Feldman
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The Waiting
- The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up
- By: Cathy LaGrow, Cindy Coloma - contributor
- Narrated by: Pamela Klein
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 239
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 239
In the summer of 1928, sixteen-year-old Minka was looking forward to a sewing class picnic. This would be a rare chance to put aside farm chores, don a pretty dress, and enjoy an outing with other girls. It would be a day to remember. And it was - but not in the way Minka had dreamed. Cornered by a stranger in the woods, the young girl was assaulted. Minka still believed that the stork brought babies; she would not discover for months that she was pregnant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating and fantastic
- By John alexander on 10-03-19
By: Cathy LaGrow, and others
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Tap Code
- The Epic Survival Tale of a Vietnam POW and the Secret Code That Changed Everything
- By: Carlyle S. Harris, Sara W. Berry, Col. Lee Ellis - Ret. - foreword
- Narrated by: Henry O. Arnold, Ginny Welsch
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,008
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,005
Air Force pilot Captain Carlyle "Smitty" Harris was shot down over Vietnam on April 4, 1965 and taken to the infamous Hoa Lo prison—nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton." For the next eight years, Smitty and hundreds of other American POWs—including John McCain and George "Bud" Day—suffered torture, solitary confinement, and unimaginable abuse. It was there Smitty covertly taught the Tap Code—an old, long-unused World War II method of communication—to many POWs. In turn, they taught others, and it quickly became a way for POWs to communicate without their captors' knowledge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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so informative
- By Mrs Yogi 1005 on 03-21-20
By: Carlyle S. Harris, and others
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Undaunted
- The Real Story of America’s Servicewomen in Today’s Military
- By: Tanya Biank
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 139
As she did so provocatively with military spouses in Army Wives, Tanya Biank gives us the inside story of women in today’s military - their professional and personal challenges from the combat zone to the home front. Since 9/11, more than 240,000 women have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan - more than 140 have died there, and they currently make up 14 percent of the total active-duty forces. Despite advances, today’s servicewomen are constantly pressed to prove themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Relevant for veterans/ PTSD
- By THE NOBLE MARRIAGE on 10-15-16
By: Tanya Biank
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Once Upon a Town
- The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
- By: Bob Greene
- Narrated by: Fritz Weaver
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 100
During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains, en route to Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen, a place where soldiers could enjoy coffee, music, home-cooked food, magazines, and friendly conversation during a stopover that lasted only a few minutes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Long Tale of a Truly Inspiring Short Tale
- By Suzy on 02-25-11
By: Bob Greene
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My Brother in Arms
- The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller
- By: Thad Forester
- Narrated by: Scott Dufresne
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
Mark chose to enlist in the Air Force as a Special Operations Combat Controller after he received his Bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama. Because of his above average grades and near-photographic memory, his Business Finance degree would have done him well. But, he felt a higher calling; one that put him between us and the enemies bent on our destruction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Price of Freedom is Never Free
- By Mayhem on 06-18-20
By: Thad Forester
What listeners say about Flying with Dad: A Daughter. A Father. And the Hidden Gifts in His Stories from World War II.
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- Laura Ruth Donall
- 09-30-21
I can relate!
Loved the story! I could relate to the gruff and sometimes intimidating father from a daughter's perspective. Enjoyed the USAF stories and history
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-01-22
Beautiful Family Memoir
This book is a beautifully written treasure-trove of conversations between a father and daughter set against the backdrop of World War II history. The details were impeccably researched. The book details how much war shaped the life of her dad and his relationships. Themes of love, honor and reconciliation echoed throughout the book.
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