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Major Fredric Arnold was a P-38 Fighter Pilot in World War Two. He recorded 10 CDs, 9 1/2 hours, for this unabridged and limited edition of his best selling book, Doorknob Five Two, a personal account of his combat experience. Now, 86 years old, he is the last remaining survivor of his original P-38 Class of 42J. They started with 14 P-38 fighter pilots and within 6 months, twelve were killed. Arnold was one of two who survived and is the subject of a film documentary, Between Two Worlds, honoring the memory of his lost comrades. He has recorded his book for a oral living history project. Fortunately, his voice hasn't changed over the past 65 years and his recording has the same emotional intensity as his book.
Major Arnold painted the scene on the discs depicting the 1943 invasion of Sicily, reproduced from one of the 10 panels of his mural, The Art of War.
This Audio Book is probably the only book written and recorded
by a WW II fighter pilot.
NEW! $85.00 VALUE
Listen to Arnold's description of being shot down by an Me.109. Click the left triangle button.
Reviews:* Military:
United States Air Force Academy: " .... a veracity and intensity that convinces."
Col. Erich Hartmann, World’s Top Ace: "Best WWII book! A place of honor on my book shelf."
General James “Jimmy” Doolittle: " .... better than anything else ever written!"
Col. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, Marine Ace: "Arnold tells it the way it was."
Literary:
The New York Times: "Ironies of battling discrimination on the ground and 109s in the air."
The Los Angeles Times:" .... fear, doubts, and human feelings gives this book guts of its own."
Publishers Weekly: " .... aerial scenes and events on the ground vividly depicted"
St. Louis Dispatch:" ... quick and to the point, a fighter pilot's technique."
Government:
Senator Barry Goldwater: ".... one hell of a book! I never put it down."
Col. Robert Overmyer, Astronaut: " .... the essence of war and the killing by aircraft."
Laurel Clark, Astronaut: "Thanks for all you've done for our country!"
Ilan Ramon, Astronaut: " .... an inspiration to any fighter pilot!"
Lawrence Kuznetz, NASA Scientist:"Extraordinary! I was unable to put it aside."
*See complete reviews at web site: doorknob52.com
ALSO INCLUDED: A signed 5 x 6 photo of Major Fredric Arnold in the cockpit of his P-38.
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Fredric Arnold's Military and Art Background
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Fredric Arnold, the last survvivor of his original P-38 fighter group, Class of 42J, completed fifty combat missions as a P-38 fighter pilot in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters - test-flew America's first jet, designed and developed power steering for aircraft, and promoted to the rank of Major at the age of twenty-three.
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