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American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day

by Robert Coram

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During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to POWs everywhere--a man who fought without pause, not a prisoner of war, but a prisoner at war.

Upon his return, passed over for promotion to Brigadier General, Day retired. But years later, with his children grown and a lifetime of service to his country behind him, he would engage in another battle, this one against an opponent he never had his own country. On his side would be the hundreds of thousands of veterans who had fought for America only to be betrayed. And what would happen next would make Bud Day an even greater legend.

Truly the most heroic aviator I have ever read about.this book shoul be required reading for all cadets at the US Military Academies

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Categories:

Aviation Biography History Leadership World War II War Memoir Non-fiction

Language:

English

Length:

416 pages

Author:

Robert Coram
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