Valor, Guts, and Luck: A B-17 Tailgunner's Survival Story During World War II

by William L. Smallwood

Book Overview

During the Second World War, a b-17 tailgunner had a one-in-four chance of survival during his standard twenty-five-mission tour. Valor, Guts, and Luck is the story of Staff Sergeant Lowell "Slats" Slayton (1923-2013), who beat those odds.

An underprivileged kid from Fargo, North Dakota, Slayton was a high school senior the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Drawn to the glamour of the "wild blue yonder" made famous by newsreels,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612346928
• ISBN13: 9781612346922
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"