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The very young men who flew the B24s over Germany in World Warfare II against awful probabilities were an exemplary group of brothers. In The Outdoors Blue, Stephen Ambrose recounts their astonishing brand of heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship. Ambrose describes the way the Army Air Forces recruited, trained, and chose those few who undertake the most strenuous and dangerous jobs in the war. They are the males - switched pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners of the B24s - who endured over 50 percent casualties. Ambrose holds us along in the packed, uncomfortable, and dangerous B24s as their crews fought to the death through thick, dark-colored, deadly flak to reach their goals and demolish the German war machine or else transpired in flames. Twenty-two-year-old George McGovern, who was to become USA senator and a presidential candidate, flew 35 combat missions (all the Army would allow) and acquired the Distinguished Traveling Mix. We meet him and his mates, his co-pilot killed in action, and crews of other planes - a lot of whom did not come back. As Group of Brothers and Citizen Troops portrayed the bravery and ultimate win of the American soldier from Normandy to Germany, The Outdoors Blue makes clear the contribution these young men of the Army Air Forces stationed in Italy designed to the Allied win.
