On Falcons' Wings

If you liked Tom Brokaw's <I>The Greatest Generation</I> you will love <I>On Falcons' Wings</I>.</P>Author John Scharfen tells the inspirational heroic sometimes humorous stories of American men and women living in an Air Force retired officer community. There are profiles of the:</P><ul><LI>Air Force officer who landed a crippled airplane backwards during WWII<LI>Army officer who captured a German Mark IV tank while afoot<LI>Air Force officer who having been shot down in Germany walked across the country to freedom<LI>Combat hardened Marine who upon retirement became the military correspondent for The New York Times<LI>Young girl's WWII travails in leaving German occupied France<LI>Coast Guard officer who commanded an LCI at the Normandy landings<LI>A naval aviator who flew multiple WWII missions against the Japanese homeland<LI>Foreign Service officer who upon retirement appeared in 24 movies.</UL></p>There is a thread that runs through these profiles of achievement heroism sacrifice and patriotism that will make you want to salute these exceptional Americans of an intrepid generation.</P>