Top Guns - Hardcover

Joe Foss; Matthew Brennan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671683179 ISBN 13: 9780671683177

Publisher: Atria, 1991

Synopsis

A look at more than fifty years of Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force combat history presents the stories of an assembly of veterans, many of whom are telling their stories for the first time.

About this title

From the Author:

Twenty-seven air aces from the four American wars that produced aces tell their stories. Aerial combat includes Spad XIIIs, Fokkers, Hellcats, Warhawks, Wildcats, Corsairs, Zeros, Zekes, Bettys, P-38 Lightnings, Thunderbolts, Mustangs, Focke Wulfs, ME-109s, ME110s, ME-262s, YAK-9s, YAK-18s, LA-9s, TU-2s, MIGs, Sabre Jets, Phantoms, and more.

The collection includes a wonderful First World War Memoir from Ray Brooks, and the story of Guy Pierre Bordelon, Jr., the Korean War's (and America's) last propeller-driven ace.

From the Back Cover:

"Top Guns" is an excellent tribute to our fighter aces."
               -General J.H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF, (Ret.)
"Joe Foss is due a great debt from all of us who fly."
               -Barry Goldwater
"Absorbing....I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend it."
               -Frank Borman, former astronaut
"Fascinating...inspirational.....action-packed...an excellent tribute..."
              -Donald Shula, former head coach of the Miami Dolphins
"Top Guns" is a must read for anyone interested in the rich and glorious history of America's fighter pilots."
               -Jack Kemp, athlete, former congressman, and Secretary of HUD
"The best collection of aerial combat stories I have read...a great book."
               -General John Vessey, USA, (Ret.), former Chairman, Joint Chiefs
"Tells it like it was: blood and guts and derring-do."
               -Barron Hilton, Chairman of the Board, Hilton Hotels Corporation
"Once people begin to read this book they will be inspired by every account."
               -George S. Mickleson, Governor, South Dakota

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0671683179
• ISBN 13: 9780671683177
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 338