Fire From The Sky; A Diary Over Japan

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By Ron Greer and Mike Wicks

Editor Note: Herb and his brother Don flew in Korea onboard B-29s. Herb and Ron have been regular visitors to the KWP web site since 2003.

This book covers B-29 missions during the months leading to the end of WWII. (Significant for the Barker Brothers is the date the of the flyleaf introduction: May 24th, 1945, the day Ted Barker was born back in Fort Pierce, FL.)

Ron is from Jacksonville, Arkansas, the son of S/MSGT USAF (Ret) Herbert L. Greer for whom the book is written. He flew as a crew member of the the City of Monroe, a B-29 Superfortress bomber, completing 28 bomb missions.

Herb kept a meticulous diary on each mission furiously writing as the missions were in progress by pen flashlight as he hunched over his radio equipment.

The book chronicles the stepped up pace of the air war over Japan as the missions increased in scope, numbers and fury.

Of special note are the back cover reviews by men such as Jim B. Smith, author of Last Mission, Lt. Col Donald E. (Buzz) Wagner, USAF (Ret) and Korean War Project Member: Major General Nels Running, USAF (Ret) Executive Director of Americas Commemoration of the Korean War 200-2003>

Additional review was provided by Rosemary Chennault Simrall, the daughter of General Claire Chennault.

General Running writes: History is so often a cold recounting of facts and figures on a national or international scale. Fire From The Sky brings history to life at the personal level. This is a great read!

No man, who has not been there, knows the intensity of human emotions and the power of adrenaline that combat can release from the inner self.  A Diary Over Japan is an enlightening revelation of a young man-boys experience documented in his personal diary

Published by Greer Publishing
Price $25.00 US $32.00 Canadian
Inquiries:

Ron Greer
205 Harris Road
Jacksonville, AR
72076-3603
501-982-3626
ISBN 0-9768712-0-3

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