These seem interesting, Mike. Thanks for the reco. Cheers, Christine
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From: "mike wilson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 2:12 PM
Subject: OT Interesting pair of books
I've been reading a series of books called "Forgotten Voices". They are
transcripts of UK recordings of servicemen and civilians from the first
and second world wars. Although the sound archive is British, the
remeniscences are from all areas of the globe, including "enemy" voices.
Becoming intrigued by the war diary, I was lucky to find two books last
week that, whilst not earth-shattering literature in their own right, make
interesting reading back-to-back.
One is called "Snake Pilot" by Randy R Zahn. Published by Brassey's Inc
2003 ISBN 1-57488-565-0 and is the story of a Cobra gunship pilot in
Vietnam. The other is called "First Light" by Goeffrey Wellum. Published
by Penguin 2002 ISBN 0-141-00814-8 it is the story of his life as a
fighter pilot in WWII.
Both are self-written from contemporaneous notes, letters and/or tapes.
Both train themselves to fly before ending up in service. Both were 19
year old debutantes into aerial warfare and find similar ways of dealing
with the stress. Both have ambiguous feelings towards the eventual
outcomes of their repective conflicts.
One sees himself as pretty much the top dog and views his side as having
the upper hand, the other sees that his country is backed against a wall
and is uncertain of its (or his) survival. One flies a very planned
tactical war, the other quickly realises that the ability to extemporise
is what will keep him alive.
A highly interesting pair of books that I unqualifiedly recommend.
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