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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Book Review - A Higher Call

I bought this book based on a passing remark that someone else made. I can't hardly recommend this book enough! This book pivots on the events of Dec 20th, 1943 as a crippled B-17 heads for home and is escorted over the coast by the pilot of a ME-109. This really isn't the central focus of the book though just the event that would eventually bring two WWII vets together. This is one of those rare books that I could not put down. It is primarily about the career of the ME-109. Starting and flying almost his entire career in the ME-109 and ending as part of JV-44 in ME-262s. This is book is something that is going to become increasingly rare, a story told by the veterans themselves. I don't really want to go into much here, this is a great book, just read it!

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  1. Thank you Kris! I downloaded this book last night upon your recommendation, and I have not been able to put it down yet!

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    1. I'm glad you are enjoying it. Its certainly one of the best WWII histories that I have read in a long time. I saw comment that someone said it was very historical, that facts weren't verified. It doesn't get much more historical than the voices of the people that lived it!

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  2. Nice. Thanks.

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