Book Description
FLYBOYS is the true story of eight young American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima.Seven of these young men were captured by Japanese troops and taken prisoner.One was rescued by an American submarine and went on to become president. The reality of what happened to the seven prisoners has remained a secret for almost 60 years. After the war, the American and Japanese governments conspired to cover up the shocking truth. Not even the families of the airmen were informed what had happened to their sons. It has remained a mystery-until now. Critics called James Bradley's last book 'the best book on battle ever written.' FLYBOYS is even better: more ambitious, more powerful, and more moving. On the island of Chichi Jima those young men would face the ultimate test.Their story-a tale of courage and daring, of war and of death, of men and of hope-will make you proud, and it will break your heart.

RELEASE NOTES:

A BookObsessed book giveaway going to nimrodiel. Enjoy the books!

Your fantastic box of books made it here today!

This one will probably go to the new-ish OBCZ, or get wild released sometime in the near future, after it gets read...

This took me a lot longer to read than I had originally intended it. The intensness of the subject matter, and the history included to show readers why the Japanese army was the way it was during WWII made it hard to read straight through. However, this was a very good look at a very grizzly part of America's involvment in WWII.

I'm setting this aside for a special themed release next month.

Passed along to a bookmooch member