{"product_id":"the-view-from-the-bottom-up-growing-up-fast-in-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"The View From the Bottom Up: Growing Up Fast in World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Gilbert was a ball turret gunner in a B-17 with the 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, Ridgewell, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of the harshness of the Great Depression were produced the people who would fight World War Two in the factories and on the battlefields. Though very human in their failings, they were a generation or so of people who were not particularly self-absorbed or frivolous. As history has shown, they were able to face with fierce dedication the terrible forces of the Axis Powers and beat them. This story observes one of these young persons as he grows rapidly to adulthood, along with his peers, experiencing love, fear and having deep feelings of dedication to protect his country...and is told at times with some humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is the story of a young aerial machine gunner, on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, who had to grow up fast. He participated as a teenaged enlisted man in the World War II Big League of air war...the ETO. In his turret hanging under that storied bomber, he was positioned to defend his bomber from the Luftwaffe's deadly fighter aircraft. This compelling story presents his perspective of the committed life he and his peers brought to manned bomber warfare, which is The View From The Bottom Up... literally and figuratively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor's Notes and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Boy Awakens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: From Long Beach to Tampa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: E Pluribus Unum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Bon Voyage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: And So It Begins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Return to Schweinfurt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Of Shots and Chaff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The City Girl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Hamburg to Buzz Bombs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Dog Fight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Battle of the Bulge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: At The Palace Hotel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Big B and Valentine's Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: The Combat Tour Closes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Goodbye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: VE Day in the Dark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: The Final Challenge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddenda 1: Combat Missions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddenda 2: Medals Awarded to S\/Sgt. Robert Gilbert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddenda 3: Fortieth Year Reunion, Seattle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27 photos, illustrations and documents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601528111357,"sku":"9781468049879","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/TmFlbTFYRzBjT21HTDVpWXhrRDJSUT09.webp?v=1780073592","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-view-from-the-bottom-up-growing-up-fast-in-world-war-ii-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}