David E. Scherman

FOREWORDA beachhead is the testing time of an invasion. Headlines and wirephotos and newsreels have made this clear to all Americans.In the air, back in 1942, the task of taking a beachhead in enemy territory and holding it by day was the assignment of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force.The first American...

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