{"product_id":"the-three-musketeers-of-the-army-air-forces-from-hitlers-fortress-europa-to-hiroshima-and-nagasaki","title":"The Three Musketeers of Army Air Forces: From Hitler's Fortress Europa to Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Harder, Robert O.","description":"While scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been written about the personal lives and relationship of the three men that led the raids. Paul Tibbets, Tom Ferebee, and Ted \"Dutch\" Van Kirk exemplified what Life Magazine meant when in 1942 it called the B-17 pilot, bombardier, and navigator \"the three musketeers of the Army Air Forces.\" A former navigator-bombardier and pilot himself, Harder brings a fresh perspective to an otherwise well-known narrative. He provides a rare insider's look at exactly who these three fellows were, how they were trained, what they meant to each other, and finally how everything coalesced into the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert O. Harder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e US Naval Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.06w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682478356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert O. Harder was an Air Force ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate and Strategic Air Command \"Cold War\" B-52D aircrewman with 145 combat missions during the Vietnam War. A rated navigator and radar bombardier, he also flew nuclear training sorties and stood Pad Alert. A former business executive, he is an FAA-certificated flight instructor and writer. His previous book, \u003ci\u003eFlying from the Black Hole: The B-52 Navigator-Bombardiers of Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e was first published by the Naval Institute Press in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"US Naval Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43657497870489,"sku":"9781682478356","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_c15b3732-41b3-4bb0-bff8-2ce0b1119733.jpg?v=1724518424","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-three-musketeers-of-the-army-air-forces-from-hitlers-fortress-europa-to-hiroshima-and-nagasaki","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}