World War II: The Diary of a Tail Gunner S/Sgt. Joe B. McCall

Jolene McCall's tenth book is a vivid, deeply researched narrative drawn from the wartime diary of her father, Staff Sergeant Joe B. McCall-B-17 gunner and armorer with the 457th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force. From a small-town boyhood in Texarkana to formation takeoffs over the English countryside, McCall restores the texture of a life lived between depot platforms, church socials, briefing rooms, and flak-scarred skies.

Guided by Joe's own words, the book follows his path through stateside ...