This is the best book I've read in my life. I could not put it down. For all you people that won't stand for the national anthem, YOU need to read this book. These men paid the ultimate price for your freedom. This book had me in tears! My father was a Tailgunner in WW2, and he too was the gunner in a B-17 bomber. I'm lucky to have had a dad at all! Stand up you spoiled brats!