
The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story Of The Final Combat Mission Of World War II Unabridged 4-Disc Set
Last Fighter Pilot: True Story Of The Final Combat Mission Brown AUDIO BOOK CD Type: Audio Book Platform: Audio CD Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Released: 2017 Media: CD THE LAST FIGHTER PILOT: THE TRUE STORY OF THE FINAL COMBAT MISSION OF WORLD WAR II UNABRIDGED 4-DISC SETAfter the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, Japan's emperor still refused to surrender, and Captain Jerry Yellin was one of the fighter pilots who continued to fly. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs -- on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9 -- the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender.Bestselling author Don Brown sits down with the ninety-one year-old Yellin to tell the incredible true story of the final combat mis