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Tempered Steel : The Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler by Perry D. Luckett and Charles L. Byler (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPotomac Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10157488834X
ISBN-139781574888348
eBay Product ID (ePID)13038520349

Product Key Features

Book TitleTempered Steel : the Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States, Military
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPerry D. Luckett, Charles L. Byler
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight22.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-008148
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsThis is not your usual run of the mill biography. This is the story of a warrior. There are many types in the military: diplomats, politicians, sycophants, citizen soldiers, patriots, war lovers, otherwise unemployable, etc. They are all needed and, with good leadership, most perform well under stress. But, surprising as it may seem, the warriors are marked by their rarity. Jim Kasler is a WARRIOR. Having been a POW with Jim and being an aviator (Navy), I can verify that this account is reliable, factual, and even-handed. It doesn't try to tell any one else's story but Jim's own. It is not a revisionist history. It pulls no punches. It tells it like it is (was). It makes you proud to be an American. Thank God Jim Kasler was on our side., eoeThis is not your usual run of the mill biography. This is the story of a warrior. There are many types in the military: diplomats, politicians, sycophants, citizen soldiers, patriots, war lovers, otherwise unemployable, etc. They are all needed and, with good leadership, most perform well under stress. But, surprising as it may seem, the warriors are marked by their rarity. Jim Kasler is a WARRIOR. Having been a POW with Jim and being an aviator (Navy), I can verify that this account is reliable, factual, and even-handed. It doesn't try to tell any one else's story but Jim's own. It is not a revisionist history. It pulls no punches. It tells it like it is (was). It makes you proud to be an American. Thank God Jim Kasler was on our side.e, eoeI was privileged to serve in the company of heroes . . . like Jim Kasler. They were the ones who sustained me.e, I was privileged to serve in the company of heroes . . . like Jim Kasler. They were the ones who sustained me., James Helms Kasler won three Air Force Crosses, the only man in history to do so, and is thus a hero to the third power. His life is told in powerful terms in this excellent biography, which benefits greatly from having two highly qualified writers and researchers as authors.
Dewey Decimal358.4092
Table Of ContentForeword by James Salter Acknowledgments 1. The Child Is Father of the Man 2. Two Loves: Martha and Aviation 3. Korean War Ace 4. Testing, Training, and Danger 5. From Canada to Cuba 6. Cold War Duty in Europe 7. New War, New Rules 8. Shoot-down and Capture 9. Tempering in Hanoi's Fiery Furnace 10. The Light of Freedom 11. Home 12. Businessman and Citizen Afterword by Vice Admiral James Stockdale Appendix A: Personal Reflections Appendix B: Military Decorations Selected References Author Biographies
SynopsisPerry Luckett and Charles Byler have written the first biography of Col. James Kasler, who is the only three-time recipient of the Air Force Cross, the second highest medal for wartime valor. Kasler served as an eighteen-year-old B-29 tail gunner in World War II, became a legendary jet ace in Korea, and was so famous in Vietnam that he was known by name in the White House. Major General Hoyt Vandenberg put Kasler, along with Chuck Yeager and Robbie Risner, as "head and shoulders above the rest as stick-and-rudder pilots." Kasler planned and led the most effective bombing mission of the Vietnam War. He was shot down and had to endure six and a half years of torture in a POW camp. His courage under those brutal conditions earned him the respect of such men as John McCain and James Stockdale. This book captures the essence of a genuine American hero who fought in three wars and traces the history of the U.S. Air Force during its formative period., The first biography of Col. James Kasler, the only three-time recipient of the Air Force Cross, the second highest medal for wartime valour. This book captures the essence of a genuine American hero who fought in three wars and traces the history of the US Air Force during its formative period.
LC Classification NumberUG626.2.K373L83 2004
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