The Fall of Fortresses: The Classic Account of One of the Most Daring and Deadly Air Battles of WWII
The Fall of Fortresses: The Classic Account of One of the Most Daring and Deadly Air Battles of WWII Kindle Edition
by Elmer Bendiner
English | 2020 | ASIN: B08K3HJW4D | 153 Pages | EPUB, AZW3 | 1.26 MB
by Elmer Bendiner
English | 2020 | ASIN: B08K3HJW4D | 153 Pages | EPUB, AZW3 | 1.26 MB
Elmer Bendiner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1916. Following the death of his father his family moved to New York City, where he spent much of his adolescence. He worked as a reporter, married in October, 1941, and, one week after the attack on Pearl Harbor, enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He served as navigator on Tondelayo, a B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’ and was awarded the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak-leaf clusters. After the war he worked as a journalist and author. Published books include A Time for Angels: The Tragicomic History of the League of Nations, The Virgin Diplomats, a chronicle of diplomacy during the American Revolution, The Rise and Fall of Paradise: When Arabs and Jews Built a Kingdom in Spain and The Fall of Fortresses. Elmer and Esther were married for sixty years. They had two daughters, Winifred and Jessica. He died on September 16, 2001.