Long Story: Coming of Age in a B-24

Young James Daniels is eager to join the army after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He wants to do his part, save the world - and look sharp in that Army Air Corps uniform! Slight of build, he has to eat 10 pounds of bananas on weigh-in day to qualify for service James ends up in Lecce, Italy, with the 15th Air Force, and endures 45 harrowing missions as a nose gunner in the B-24 Liberator, rudely forcing him to come of age. His experiences, especially one great tragedy, profound...