Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0440413133
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory.
Basher Five-Two
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0440413133
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory.
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0440413133
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory.
Good to Go
Author: Mary Pat Kelly
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612518176
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Just five hours after radio contact was first made with Basher 52—O’Grady’s call sign—the Air Force captain was safely on board the USS Kearsarge. The downed F-16 fighter pilot’s rescue from a Bosnian mountainside by Col. Martin Berndt’s 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit electrified the nation in June 1995 and renewed many Americans’ faith in the military. To get the inside account, Mary Pat Kelly traveled to U.S. ships and bases and UN posts in Croatia and Bosnia where participants were stationed to conduct more than one hundred interviews. Adm. Leighton W. Smith Jr., commander in chief of U.S. naval forces in Europe and head of NATO forces in the Southern European theater, provides a day-to-day commentary on the efforts to find Captain O’Grady. This edition contains an interview with Brig. Gen. Selmo Cikotíc, former Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who discusses the dangerous conditions on the ground during the rescue and the impact the success of the mission had on NATO expansion in the area.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612518176
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Just five hours after radio contact was first made with Basher 52—O’Grady’s call sign—the Air Force captain was safely on board the USS Kearsarge. The downed F-16 fighter pilot’s rescue from a Bosnian mountainside by Col. Martin Berndt’s 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit electrified the nation in June 1995 and renewed many Americans’ faith in the military. To get the inside account, Mary Pat Kelly traveled to U.S. ships and bases and UN posts in Croatia and Bosnia where participants were stationed to conduct more than one hundred interviews. Adm. Leighton W. Smith Jr., commander in chief of U.S. naval forces in Europe and head of NATO forces in the Southern European theater, provides a day-to-day commentary on the efforts to find Captain O’Grady. This edition contains an interview with Brig. Gen. Selmo Cikotíc, former Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who discusses the dangerous conditions on the ground during the rescue and the impact the success of the mission had on NATO expansion in the area.
Basher Five-Two
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307764966
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory. This is a thrilling look at an American hero--a hero not because the captain survived, but because of the skill, faith, and courage he displayed and the duty he fulfilled as a member of the armed forces.
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307764966
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory. This is a thrilling look at an American hero--a hero not because the captain survived, but because of the skill, faith, and courage he displayed and the duty he fulfilled as a member of the armed forces.
Basher Five-Two the True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780605019614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780605019614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Return with Honor
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061011479
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
O'Grady tells how he managed to survive after being shot down over Bosnia, evading the Bosnian Serbs for six days, and how he was rescued by U.S. Marines.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061011479
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
O'Grady tells how he managed to survive after being shot down over Bosnia, evading the Bosnian Serbs for six days, and how he was rescued by U.S. Marines.
Dennis Tito
Author: Joanne Randolph
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823963881
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Discusses American businessman Dennis Tito and his historic trip to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft as the first tourist to pay for space travel.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823963881
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Discusses American businessman Dennis Tito and his historic trip to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft as the first tourist to pay for space travel.
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
Author: Jonathan Kirsch
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871407027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year "Reading this excellent, thought-provoking biography, one is all too easily reminded of Camus’s 1942 novel, The Stranger." —Philip Kerr, Wall Street Journal
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871407027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year "Reading this excellent, thought-provoking biography, one is all too easily reminded of Camus’s 1942 novel, The Stranger." —Philip Kerr, Wall Street Journal
Basher Five-Two : (Accelerated Reader)
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
WHILE FLYING HIS F-16 ON A MISSION TO KEEP THE PEACE IN BOSNIA, U.S. AIR FORCE PILOT SCOTT O'GRADY WAS SHOT DOWN. THE PLANE EXPLODED, AND CAPTAIN O'GRADY PARACHUTED FIVE MILES TO THE GROUND. IN EXCITING DETAIL, CAPTAIN O'GRADY TELLS HOW HE EVADED CAPTURE AND HOW, WITH LITTLE WATER AND NO FOOD, HE SURVIVED ON HIS OWN IN ENEMY TERRITORY. THIS IS A THRILLING LOOK AT AN AMERICAN HERO A HERO NOT BECAUSE HE LIVED TO TELL THE TALE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SKILL, FAITH, AND COURAGE HE DISPLAYED WHILE FULFILLING HIS DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
WHILE FLYING HIS F-16 ON A MISSION TO KEEP THE PEACE IN BOSNIA, U.S. AIR FORCE PILOT SCOTT O'GRADY WAS SHOT DOWN. THE PLANE EXPLODED, AND CAPTAIN O'GRADY PARACHUTED FIVE MILES TO THE GROUND. IN EXCITING DETAIL, CAPTAIN O'GRADY TELLS HOW HE EVADED CAPTURE AND HOW, WITH LITTLE WATER AND NO FOOD, HE SURVIVED ON HIS OWN IN ENEMY TERRITORY. THIS IS A THRILLING LOOK AT AN AMERICAN HERO A HERO NOT BECAUSE HE LIVED TO TELL THE TALE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SKILL, FAITH, AND COURAGE HE DISPLAYED WHILE FULFILLING HIS DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES.
Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot
Author: Keith Rosenkranz
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780071706681
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
During Operation Desert Storm, Captain Keith Rosenkranz piloted his F-16 "Viper" in 30 combat missions. Here he recounts these experiences in searing, "you-are-there" detail, giving readers one of the most riveting depictions ever written of man and machine at war.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780071706681
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
During Operation Desert Storm, Captain Keith Rosenkranz piloted his F-16 "Viper" in 30 combat missions. Here he recounts these experiences in searing, "you-are-there" detail, giving readers one of the most riveting depictions ever written of man and machine at war.
From Journey's End to The Dam Busters
Author: Roland Wales
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473860717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Kingston playwright R.C. Sherriff came to fame with his First World War drama Journeys End, which was based on his own experiences as a young officer on the Western Front. Its success made him a household name and opened the door to a highly lucrative career as a novelist, playwright and screenwriter in Hollywood and in Britain. Many of his movies The Invisible Man, Goodbye Mr Chips, The Four Feathers Odd Man Out, Quartet, and, of course, The Dam Busters are still well known, but the man behind them much less so. This book rediscovers Sherriff using his own words his letters, diaries, published and unpublished manuscripts to shed light on a man who ironically gained his greatest success from the trench warfare he found so difficult to bear.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473860717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Kingston playwright R.C. Sherriff came to fame with his First World War drama Journeys End, which was based on his own experiences as a young officer on the Western Front. Its success made him a household name and opened the door to a highly lucrative career as a novelist, playwright and screenwriter in Hollywood and in Britain. Many of his movies The Invisible Man, Goodbye Mr Chips, The Four Feathers Odd Man Out, Quartet, and, of course, The Dam Busters are still well known, but the man behind them much less so. This book rediscovers Sherriff using his own words his letters, diaries, published and unpublished manuscripts to shed light on a man who ironically gained his greatest success from the trench warfare he found so difficult to bear.