aerial operations, american

Presents biographical sketches of five American fighter pilots and aviation heroes of World War II. Includes descriptions of the types of aircraft, a glossary of aviation terms, and explanations of military ranks and command structure in the U.S. Air Force.

Profiles the African-American men who served as pilots in the Tuskegee Airmen unit during World War II.

Tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American pilots, trained at the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama, who overcame obstacles of bigotry and racism to distinguish themselves in service during World War II.

Tells the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, through the experiences of young pilot Marie Mitchell who joined the unit in 1943 in response to a call for pilots to fill the jobs left vacant when male military pilots were called to combat duty.

Describes how British and American planes broke Hitler's stranglehold on Europe and made bombing raids leading to the D-Day invasion.

Presents the contributions of America's Air Force throughout World War II, and includes the decisive bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Photographs, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.

Describes that dramatic helicopter airlift, the largest in history, which during two days in 1975 carried thousands of Americans and selected South Vietnamese out of Saigon as the North Vietnamese marched to capture the city, thus ending the long Vietnam War.

Provides background information on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and presents controversies surrounding the event, and also offers personal narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by this event.