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[2015], Ages: 8-14, Scholastic Press Call No: Y LYN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: World War II Volume: book 3Summary Note: Despite the fact that his brother is missing in action in the Pacific theater, Theo McCallum, a gunner on a B-24 Liberator returns to his unit in Europe to continue the war because he feels that the other men in his unit feel like family to him--and he cannot believe that his brother is actually dead.
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2008., Adults, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Call No: DVD VID Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
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c2001, 2002., Adults, Eurimages : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Call No: DVD VID Edition: Special ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A romantic melodrama set during World War II, this is the story of two Czech pilots, Karel and Franta, who escape their Nazi-occupied homeland to enlist as volunteers with the RAF, only to be stuck cooling their heels in English lessons, and fighting drills on bicycles. Allowed into the air at last, there are dogfights with Messerschmitts, planes shot down, parachute escapes, and attacks on various Nazi installations. For the two friends, however, their unfortunate, mutual fascination with Susan will have consequences that survive the war.
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2010., Adults, Revell Call No: FIC SUN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Wings of glory Volume: #1Summary Note: Never pretty enough to please her gorgeous mother, Allie will do anything to gain her approval- even marry a man she doesn't love. While Allie has nearly resigned herself to that fate, Lt. Walter Novak --fearless in the cockpit but hopeless with women -- takes his last furlough at home in California before being shipped overseas. Walt and Allie meet and begin a correspondence that will change their lives. As letters fly between Walt's muddy bomber base in England and Allie's mansion in an orange grove, their friendship binds them together. But can they untangle the secrets, commitments, and expectations that keep them apart?
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[2018]., Age: 10 and up; Grade: 7 to 8, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: J HIST 940.54 497309252 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the tradition of Hidden Figures, debut author Patricia Pearson offers a beautifully written account of the remarkable but often forgotten group of female fighter pilots who answered their country's call in its time of need during World War II.
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[c1965]., Doubleday Call No: HIST 940.544973 Edition: [1st ed.]. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library
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c2010., Adult, Random House Call No: BIOG 940.54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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c2001., Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: BIOG 940.54 4973 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The story of the men chosen by the Army Air Forces to man the B-24 bombers which made a vital contribution to the Allied victory.