The Rescue Man: A "Snafu Snatching" Rescue Pilot's

The Rescue Man: A "Snafu Snatching" Rescue Pilot's Extraordinary Journey through World War II

THE RESCUE MAN presents the extraordinary and unique journey of a World War II-era rescue pilot, First Lieutenant Frank Philby â€œBudâ€ Hayes, from his childhood in Idaho through his training for and service during World War II. Bud helps tell this story himself through his letters and records, which are this bookâ€™s main foundation and reveal tales of excitement, trials and tribulations, achievement, heroism and ultimately tragedy and mystery. The U.S. Army Air Forceâ€™s Second Emergency Rescue Squadron that Bud served in saved over seven hundred downed pilots during the war, making them responsible for thousands of children and grandchildren being alive today. Nevertheless, history has left Budâ€™s incredible story, and that of his squadron, largely untold... until now.

Paralleling this bookâ€™s focus on Bud and his rescue squadron, this book also tells the interrelated broader story of major pre-, mid- and post-World War II events occurring in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific. This includes little known, but significant, stories like that of a turf war between the U.S. Army Air Force and the U.S. Navy over who would be responsible for performing rescue missions during World War II, all while their servicemenâ€™s lives hung in the balance. In this book, World War IIâ€™s events help tell Budâ€™s story, and Budâ€™s events help tell World War IIâ€™s story. Or as this bookâ€™s preface states it, the book â€œtells history through a biography and presents a biography in the context of history.â€

As members of Budâ€™s greatest generation continue to pass on from our lives, it is important that we preserve their unique and sometimes never-before-heard stories about World War II. This is one such story. It is the untold story of Bud, of his Second Emergency Rescue Squadron and of their involvement in and relation to the events of World War II. The story is as extraordinary, unique and powerful as it ultimately is tragic and mysterious. Thanks to Bud and his rescue squadron, over seven hundred men returned home from war with the opportunity to start families and pursue their American dreams. Will Bud also come home?
Country USA
Manufacturer Van Rye Publishing, LLC
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-06-01
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Van Rye Publishing, LLC
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-06-01
Format	Kindle eBook

The Rescue Man: A "Snafu Snatching" Rescue Pilot's Extraordinary Journey through World War II

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