| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
14 sound discs (ca. 17 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Subtitle from container. |
| Performer |
Read by Robertson Dean. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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"Tracks Every 3 Minutes for Easy Bookmarking"--Container. |
| Summary |
A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of twenty-two--a double ace with twelve aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He motivated a dejected group of pilots by placing himself under junior officers and challenging them to train him properly. He led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills and becoming a rare triple ace. With his marriage to Hollywood actress and pinup girl Ella Raines, his nonregulation mustache and penchant for drink, Olds was a unique individual whose story is one of the most eagerly anticipated military books of the year. |
| Contents |
Battle -- My early years -- Pilot training -- Off to war -- A Small event called D-Day -- The Heat of many battles -- Victories -- at last! -- Mustangs and mayhem -- R & R, second tour, and home -- Going home -- Life in the fast lane -- Exchange with the RAF 1948 -- F-86s at March Field, the Pitts, and Stewart -- Landstuhl to Libya -- Pentagon to Shaw -- The Phantom and the war -- Bolo -- Rolling thunder -- The Ending battle -- The Painful way home -- The Academy -- IG and out -- Final landing. |
| Subject |
Olds, Robin, 1922-2007.
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Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Olds, Christina. Author.
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Rasimus, Ed. Author.
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Dean, Robertson. Narrator.
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Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781441736956 |
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1441736956 |
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9781441736970 : $32.99 |
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1441736972 |
| Music # |
Z5689 Blackstone Audio |
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