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We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing

by James C. Whittaker · 1943

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When Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's big Liberator bomber crashed in the waters of the south Pacific in 1942, little hope was held out for her crew. But the men survived three weeks on the open ocean in one of WWII's largest campaign theaters.

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memoirmemoirMore like thisLess of this
Themes
survivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisPacific OceanPacific OceanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 139 pages

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