{"product_id":"from-wright-field-ohio-to-benjamin-paul-hegi-9781680400014","title":"From Wright Field, Ohio, to Hokkaido, Japan: General Curtis E. Lemay's Letters to His Wife Helen, 1941-1945","description":"In 1942, Colonel Curtis E. LeMay and his 305th Bomb Group left Syracuse, New York, bound for England, where they joined the Eighth Air Force and Royal Air Force in war against Germany and her allies. Over the next three years LeMay led American air forces in Europe, India, China, and the Pacific against the Axis powers. His efforts yielded advancement through the chain of command to the rank of Major General in command of the XXIst Bomber Command, the most effective strategic bombing force of the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e LeMay's activities in World War II are well-documented, but his personal history is less thoroughly recorded. Throughout the war he wrote hundreds of letters to his wife, Helen, and daughter, Jane. They are published for the first time in this volume, woven together with meticulously researched narrative essays buttressed by both official and unofficial sources and supplemented with extensive footnotes. History remembers \"LeMay, the Commander\" well. \u003ci\u003eFrom Wright Field, Ohio, to Hokkaido, Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, will yield a better understanding of \"LeMay, the Man.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Paul Hegi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680400010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680400014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Benjamin Paul Hegi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873540518143,"sku":"9781680400014","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-wright-field-ohio-to-benjamin-paul-hegi-9781680400014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}