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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: â€œBeautifully told."-CNNÂ â€¢Â â€œA remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating."-USA TodayÂ â€¢Â â€œOh, it's a good one!"-Fox News
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A â€œbeautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies" emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York TimesÂ bestseller by the author of Spearhead.Â

December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber's tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler-and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger...

What happened next would defy imagination and later be called â€œthe most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II."

The U.S. 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as â€œtop secret." It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.

Country	USA
Brand	Dutton Caliber
Manufacturer	Dutton Caliber
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	36947693
Color	Multicolor
IsAdultProduct
Height	8.99
Length	5.96
Weight	1.10010668738
Width	1.11
ReleaseDate	2014-05-06
NumberOfItems	1

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