“The Flyboy who got away became president of the United States. What might have been for Warren Earl, Dick, Marve, Glenn, Floyd, Jimmy, the unidentified airman, and all the Others who had lost their lives?...And what might have been for… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
“They are such thin things, these lives of ours; cheap got, cheap lost, mere flickers against the ever dark, brief shadows on a wall.… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
“This giant fleet of American warships – a modern armada – churns across the ocean day and night for a journey of four thousand… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
“It would be forty-four years before physicist Donald Olson would discover that D-Day at Tarawa occurred during one of only two days in 1943… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
“The battle of Iwo Jima would quickly turn into a primitive contest of gladiators: Japanese gladiators fighting from caves and tunnels like the catacombs… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
“Today the word "hero" has been diminished. confused with "celebrity." But in my father's generation the word meant something. celebrities seek fame. They take… — james bradley Copy Share Image
“Nations tend to see the other side's war atrocities as systemic and indicative of their culture and their own atrocities as justified or the… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
“The American people will regret the day I was crucified by politics and bureaucracy." Billy Mitchell” — James Bradley Copy Share Image
“The Flyboy who got away became president of the United States. What might have been for Warren Earl, Dick, Marve, Glenn, Floyd, Jimmy, the… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
“When I asked him, fifty-three years after the event, "Mr. Lucas, why did you jump on those grenades?" he did not hesitate with his… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
