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BOOKS FOR SALE
The Wings of Freedom specializes in Books
related to WWII and Aviation in the PX.
We also provide a place for people to come
and learn more about WWII in our "Reading
Library". Supporters have donated books
from their collections and they are
available for research.
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Hail to the Chief: $16.95
An American
Presidency By Don Robb. This Fact filled
companion to "The Flag We Love" explains
the duties and roles of the president. |
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The Flag We Love: $15.95
With patriotic
verse and dazzling illustrations, The Flag
We Love presents a lyrical journey through
the history of our nations' most enduring
symbol. |
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Pilot Mom: $15.95
Jenny's mom, Major Strom,
is a tanker pilot. Before she leaves on a
training mission, she takes Jenny and her
best friend K.C. to see the air base.
Jenny worries about her mom's safety and
wonders if her mom likes flying more than
she likes being her mom. |
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Flying Machines $4.95
An
easy-to-read paperback text and beautiful
illustrations combine to make learning
about Things That Fly an enjoyable
experience for young readers. |
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The JET Alphabet Book $14.95
Soar into the
stratosphere in this alphabet adventure
while you pilot a U-2 spy plane on a
top-secret mission, join the "jet set"
aboard the supersonic Concorde, discover
how a jet engine works, and learn about
many other jet aircraft. |
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How things work- PLANES GLIDERS
HELICOPTERS: $16.95 |
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The AIRPLANE alphabet book
$15.95
Store
your luggage, take your seats and fasten
your seat belts for a ride you'll never
forget! |
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Biography's |
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Notes of a Private Soldier:
$8.95
paperback
Harold Knittel An American G.I. in Europe.
One man's voyage from the farmland of
South Dakota to the battlefields of WWII
in Germany. An insightful journey into the
thoughts and experiences of human emotion
during the treacheries of war. |
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OVER & UNDER $20.00
Col. John Misterly Jr.
This book goes beyond the oft seen
narration of one man's service experience.
Over and Under creates excitement to the
end of each chapter and leads readers to
hurry on to the next. |
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Thunderbirds $24.95
A sequel to the
author's "Over & Under: recount the life
of USAF Col. John Lee from WWII until his
retirement after a 35 year career. |
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Proof through the night $24.95
A stunningly
important book about courage and
suffering, heroism and humanity. The story
of Ernest Pikett. One that no one should
forget. Read it and weep, read it and be
proud!
"I found this book historical,
educational and thought provoking. It
tough me things I would never learn from a
history book. Ernest Pikett endures and
comes out alive from a war that showed no
mercy. I am amazed at Ernest' ability to
live through this trying adventure".
Terry
Scott director of The Wings of Freedom
Project. |
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NOT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS $17.95
A day in the
Life of the Mighty Eight. When author John Meurs was a nine-year-old schoolboy living
in Nazi-occupied Holland, an American B-17
bomber crashed behind his house near the
village of Apeldoorn. The date was Sunday
November 26, 1944. |
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Educational |
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• PIONEER MECHANICS
$39.95
This one of a kind
book unearths the human elements behind
the mechanics, engineers and builders of
aviation. Giacinta Bradley Koontz received
her BA in Anthropology with an emphasis in
archaeology, and a minor in US history.
She has experience as a museum curator and
screenwriter, and has contributed to over
a dozen non-fiction books. "my primary
focus is on those men and women who
maintained aircraft in the US before WWII.
I research my stories as if they were an
excavation - unearthing the layers beneath
the nuts and bolts of statistics to reveal
the human elements. " //Gia// |
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