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They Never Had It So Good: The Personal, Unofficial Story of the 350th Bombardment Squadron (H), 100th Bombardment Group (H) USAAF, 1942-1945

They Never Had It So Good: The Personal, Unofficial Story of the 350th Bombardment Squadron (H), 100th Bombardment Group (H) USAAF, 1942-1945 by Jack W. Sheridan. "FOREWORD This is the story of the 350th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) who, in company with the 349th, 35lst, and 418th Bombardment Squadrons, comprised the 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy), United States Army Air Force, and who, in its time, did some of the work that brought Germany to her knees. I was tempted at first to say that the story that follows is simply a story of a squadron, a story that must have been mirrored in the lives of thousands of persons in the Air Force all over the world. And yet, looking back over the years between, I know that is not quite right. Because the 350th had something different. It wasn't esprit de corps, because most units have that loyalty and pride and affection for their work and their accomplishments. It was something one can't exactly explain. A greater, more powerful love and pride in each other as men and because of it a fiercer, more deeply-rooted pride in their accomplishments and achievements. It was the affection they felt for each other that was greater than their achievement

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