NO SWEAT
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.73 (727 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1410766217 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 364 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Bud Farrell was raised in Philadelphiaand Aldan, Pennsylvania,attended Penn Statefor just one semester before quitting school to enlist in The Air Force on his18th birthday. He volunteered for aircrew duty and Gunnery School , and a 25 mission B-29 combat tour over North Korea, completing his service as an AirRefueling Operator in ?pioneering? KB-29 Tankers and an exactly even 100flights in B-29s and KB-29s.Farrell returned to Penn State, met his wife? Carole 49 years ago, had a rewarding careerin sales with great opportunity to travel and meet and reunion with manypeople, all of
He volunteered for aircrew duty and Gunnery School , and a 25 mission B-29 combat tour over North Korea, completing his service as an AirRefueling Operator in ?pioneering? KB-29 Tankers and an exactly even 100flights in B-29s and KB-29s.Farrell returned to Penn State, met his wife? Carole 49 years ago, had a rewarding careerin sales with great opportunity to travel and meet and reunion with manypeople, all of whom
These anecdotes are not the grand strategies or thestatistics of military planners--but rather of those smaller happenings torelatively average people, crewmembers and others, who in some cases rose togrander levels of the human spirit --with some ?gone missing?!? That I have already had several friends read just a few ofmy anecdotes, and critique as they have, has assured me that I have done what Ihad intended--to relate here the sadness, terror, humor, and joy sometimesoccurring within moments of each other!?Bud, I read all your postings, some times with tears,others with laughter but always with enjoyment?. Migs)? are almost asforgotten as The Korean War itself! What is NOT forgotten, nor ever will be, isthe extremely close camaraderie of our 11 crewmembers flying combat in our shipnamed ?NO SWEAT?. This is a? collectionof approximately 75 narratives (and numerous photos with most taken personallyby the author), related to thoughts and observations of many people andincidents? experienced in a relativelyshort military care
Significant Contribution to History of Korean Air War In "No Sweat," Frank Farrell tells us what it was like to be a B-29 Gunner in the Korean War, not just in general terms, but down to the smallest detail. While doing so he has filled his book with photos, illustrations, and news clippings that alone would make "No Sweat" well worth owning. Personally, "No Sweat" provided a rare research tool that I was able . The Korean War from a man who was there My father died while piloting a B-29 during the Korean War. Wanting to know what kind of life he lived during that period of his life; I read "No Sweat"In this book, author Frank Farrell writes narratives that take the reader from his enlistment through his years in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, to the day he gets out of service.It's a great read