Silent Wings at War: Combat Gliders in World War II
“The book is great.”—Walter Cronkite“Weaving his own often hair-raising experiences and those of thirty-nine other veterans into the narrative, Lowden chronicles the use of Allied gliders in seven major airborne assaults.”—American History Illustrated“The best and most complete portrayal of [glider] airborne action I have seen.”—George Van Fleet (Lt. Col., USAF, Ret.)