Order autographed copies through this website using secure PayPal payment processing, or directly from the author with your check. 6x9" format Hardcover or Paperback 25 photos / original illustrations Foreword by Col. Barrie Davis (RET.) Nearly 100 legendary fighter aces have shared personal glimpses of their illustrious military careers to help create this tribute to the American fighter ace and our military test pilots. Order now by clicking here!

In Their Own Words: The Final Chapter explores and illustrates the courage, resourcefulness and patriotism of America's fighter aces. These heroic flyers give their personal accounts of what it took to fly, fight and survive combat missions in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. This may be the last World War II aviation book to offer "first person" accounts by the fighter aces themselves. Of the 1,472 ace pilots our country has produced less than 150 are now still alive. Their average age is nearly 90 and in a few years their historic lives will only be a memory and a footnote to our nation's rich military heritage. Stories from living aces such as Bud Anderson, Stan Vejtasa, Lee Mankin, Fred Ohr, Jerry O'Keefe and Charles Cleveland tell their personal stories that are at times exciting, humorous and tragic, but all are from the heart and the gut. The stories of these brave aviators need to be told and shared. In addition my new book contains "first person" stories from many noted aces such as Robert S. Johnson, Herschel Green, Gordon Graham, Charles Milton and James Swett that are no longer with us to tell their remarkable stories.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: THE FINAL CHAPTER is divided into four sections that cover the Army Air Force and the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in World War II, Fighter ace stories from Korea and Vietnam and our remarkable military test pilots.

A great deal of our nation's rich military history is about to become extinct. In a very few years all of our ace fighter pilots will be gone. The fact that our country is still free and speaking English instead of Japanese or German bears witness to their remarkable deeds and courage.

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In Their Own Words:
True Stories and Adventures of the American Fighter Ace

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• 6x9" format
• Hardcover or paperback
• 361 pages
• 25 photos / original illustrations
• Foreword by renowned fighter ace Col. Steve Pisanos (RET.)

More than 100 legendary fighter aces have shared personal glimpses of their illustrious military careers to help create this tribute to the American fighter ace.

Book Reviews:
New Review of "In Their Own Words" by Daniel J. Simonsen, Air Power History, Fall 2009! Read the new review here!

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