STEPHEN AMBROSE is the acknowledged dean of the historians of World War II in Europe. In three highly acclaimed, bestselling volumes, he has told the story of the bravery steadfastness, and ingenuity of the ordinary young men, the citizen sol- diers, who fought the enemy to a standstill-the band of brothers who endured together.

The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and, in The Wild Blue,

Ambrose recounts their extraordinary brand of heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with the same vivid detail and affection.With his remarkable gift for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose carries us along in the crowded, uncomfort- able, and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to the death through thick black smoke and deadly flak to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine.

"The Wild Blue is right on target ..... [the book] finally gives those men of the 15th Air Force the tribute they so richly earned." -Calvin L. Christman, The Dallas Morning News

"Brilliant .... It is a terrific story." -Larry King, USA Today

"[The Wild Blue] demands our attention. . page-turning reading." -Dorman T. Shindler, The Denver Post

STEPHEN E. AMBROSE is the author of numerous books of history, including the New York Times bestsellers Citizen Soldiers, Undaunted Courage, and D-Day, as well as multivolume biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He is founder of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, a past recipient of the National Humanities Award, and a board member of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council. He lives in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and Helena, Montana. ex library no obtrusive stamps binding text good

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