Tempered Steel: The Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler

Perry Luckett and Charles Byler have written the first biography of Col. James Kasler, who is the only three-time recipient of the Air Force Cross, the second highest medal for wartime valor. Kasler served as an eighteen-year-old B-29 tail gunner in World War II, became a legendary jet ace in Korea, and was so famous in Vietnam that he was known by name in the White House. Major General Hoyt Vandenberg put Kasler, along with Chuck Yeager and Robbie Risner, as “head and shoulders above the rest as stick-and-rudder pilots.”

Other Books You Might Be Interested In

Forty Days with the Enemy

An account of Dudman’s capture by two NLF members, two Cambodian guerrillas, and a North Vietnamese political officer. In the last analysis Forty days with the Enemy is about people–guerrilla fighters, Cambodian peasants, and three American journalists–who bridge divergent cultures and politics to find a common humanity Views: 676

Read More »

Behind Bamboo: True Stories of Vietnam War POWs and Escape

In the unforgiving jungles of Vietnam, freedom was a dream—and escape was a miracle.   Behind Bamboo is a harrowing and deeply human account of American prisoners of war who were captured, caged, and nearly forgotten in the dense, sweltering bamboo wilderness of Southeast Asia. From brutal interrogation camps to

Read More »

Encyclopedia of prisoners of war and internment

This invaluable A–Z reference work presents nearly 300 entries that survey the history of prisoners of war and interned civilians from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Medical conditions, international law, exchanges of prisoners, organizations working on behalf of POWs, and trials

Read More »

Contact Us