Fitness Quote by Bill Bryson

“They flew up to 140 varieties of aircraft straight out of the factories and delivered them directly into the hands of us excitable young…

— M.J. Foreman

“British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world war by their…

— Robert Jackson

“Naval aviation, they believed, was not inherently dangerous. Sure, there were risks, but if you were good—really good, like they were—nothing bad would happen.”

— Robert Gandt

“The only thing that disturbed our equanimity during the wonderful days of rest and peace were American and Russian fighter-planes that sometimes came diving…

— Hillblad (ed.), Thorolf

“Never in the history of American warfare has this nation witnessed such an exhibition of cowardice, indecisiveness, incompetence, and laziness in the army’s senior…

— Dennis Byrne

“The British air force desperately needed planes for their military, and the US had lots of planes but couldn’t sell them to the British,…

— Bill O'Neill

“In World War II, 35,933 AAF planes were lost in combat and accidents. The surprise of the attrition rate is that only a fraction…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“None of them were equipped, trained, or mentally prepared for combat. For the first time in recent history, American ground units had been committed…

— T.R. Fehrenbach

“mission and those who drop the bombs. Mistakes made by pilots dropping weapons in the wrong place and by Soldiers mistakenly shooting at friendly…

— Bob Scales

“And some go the other way, the most lethal way of all: when the pressure gets to be too much, it's not their nerve…

— Tana French

“The historical significance of the fact that we were going out on a joint raid with German Special Operations was lost on none of…

— Brandon Webb

“water. Another sailor rescued him. But Carson refused to sit onshore and recover. Instead he answered a bugler’s call for help on the Tennessee.…

— Patricia Brennan Demuth