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A 2 1/2 page paper which reviews “The Wild
Blue” by Stephen Ambrose. No additional sources cited.
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2 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAwildbl.rtf
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real life conditions of men in WWII. In "The Wild Blue" the author takes the reader on a journey into the world of the B-24 in WWII. It is not
a story that tells us of those in the high command positions, but a book that details the intricate lives and missions of men who put their lives on the
line in WWII. Ambrose begins in his prologue by indicating that "The B-24 was built like a 1930s Mack truck, except that it had an aluminum skin that could
be cut with a knife. It could carry a heavy load far and fast but it had no refinements....There were no bathrooms. To urinate there were two small relief tubes,
one forward and one aft, which were almost impossible to use without spilling because of the heavy layers of clothing the men wore." His book describes the difficulty of working
within one of these planes, and also discusses the difficulty in finding the right men for such work. He indicates that it was these particular planes which won
the war, yet with these planes "The Army Air Forces needed thousands of pilots, and tens of thousands of crew members...It needed to gather them and train them and supply
them and service the planes from a country in which only a relatively small number of men knew anything at all about how to fly even a single-engine airplane, or
fix it" (Ambrose). From here Ambrose takes the reader on a journey which illustrates who these men were. We read about the men who were the pilots, the men
who were in charge of navigating the plane, the men who were responsible for dropping bombs, and the men who needed to work as a very intimate team in order
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