Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe [Original retail ed.] 0996274057, 978-0996274050

In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America's boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind

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English Pages 400 Year 24 Oct 2016

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe [Original retail ed.]
0996274057, 978-0996274050

Commentary
“As Jimmy Stewart’s children, we have always known that our father’s service during the war was the most significant event of his life, although he rarely spoke of it. This book gives us the best glimpse we will ever have of what that experience was like for him and the men he flew with. Thank you, Robert Matzen.” —Kelly Stewart, daughter of Jimmy Stewart

Many of the stars of the silver screen in twentieth-century Hollywood became national icons, larger-than-life figures he

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