And No Purple Heart [Paperback]

Frank Reese Mays (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Briarwood Publications; 1 edition (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892614162
• ISBN-13: 978-1892614162
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,804,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Viewpoint of a crew mate, June 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: And No Purple Heart (Paperback)

It has been great fun to remain in contact with a crew member who wrote a book about the day in the 385th Bomb Group. Franks starts from day one and chronicles all of the 35 missions. Some were milk runs, some were terrifying and most were just plain tough, hope we make it variety. We all made it but two, the bombardier shot down over Berlin and the navigator killed in the air. The other waste gunner bailed out over Berlin and after a long session as P.W. was released by a forward American army group. The story of our navigator, Woodrow Wilson Dutt, "W.W." to us is one of stark reality, valiant crew members doing all they could to save him at 50 below in a battered airplane. The trip to Cambridge cemetary and the mournful playing of taps will not soon be forgotten.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done!, June 9, 1999

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This review is from: And No Purple Heart (Paperback)

And No Purple Heart is a powerful account of a young airman's struggle to survive 35 grueling combat missions over The Third Reich. B-17 ball-turret gunner Frank Reese Mays has written a great book, a stirring salute to the resilience of the human spirit. Feelings of fear, grief, and despair constantly plagued the young men of the 8th Airforce as they fought the greatest airwar in history and lost far too many friends in the process. But fear, grief, and despair lost. Life won. Darkness never lasts, and the pages of And No Purple Heart bear eloquent witness to that timeless truth.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars War, Death, Girls, Love, not much fiction here!, May 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: And No Purple Heart (Paperback)

"And No Purple Heart" by Frank Mays is a facinating reminiscence of the days over 50 years ago when each of the 10 men on a B-17 flew into combat wondering if this day would be his last. You'll feel the awesome tensions as you read this account of his story." Ed Stern, Exec Officer, 550th Bomb Squadron, 385th Bomb Group, U.S. 8th Air Force.