Reply #20: Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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On Sunday, February 18 at 4:15 am
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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
Donald Miller

Historian Donald Miller discusses the sacrifices of American airmen serving in Europe during WWII. In his talk, given at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Poole, Georgia, Mr. Miller notes that by D-Day in June of 1944, over 10,000 U.S. airmen had been killed during bombing missions. Donald Miller discusses the effectiveness of the bombing, the techniques used, the extremely harsh conditions inside the bombers, and the decisions regarding bombing targets. Much of the author's research was done at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum.

Donald Miller is the author of eight books including "D-Days in the Pacific", "The Story of World War II: Revised, (expanded, and updated from the original text by Henry Steele Commanger)", and "City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America." Donald L. Miller is MacCracken Professor of History at Lafeyette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.