B. J. Bryan Bücher

"The United States Merchant Marine provided the greatest sealift in history between the production army at home and the fighting forces scattered around the globe in World War II. The prewar total of 55,000 experienced mariners was increased to over 215,000 through U. S. Maritime Service training programs. Merchant ships faced danger from submarines, mines, armed raiders, and destroyers, aircraft (kamikaze), and the element. About 8,300 mariners were killed at sea, 12.00 wounded of whom at least, 1, 100 died from their wounds, and 663 men and women were taken prisoner. Some were blown to death, some incinerated, some drowned, some froze and some starved. Many died in prison camps or aboard Japanese ships while being transported to other camps. 31 ships vanished without a trace to a watery grave. ( Total killed estimated 9,300) "

In WW2 one of the most dangerous duties, was that of the Turret Gunner in any B-17 aircraft. Usually positioned under the plane at several positions around the fuselage of the plane. It was always the first target and the percentages of surviving a mission as a belly gunner were as low and you could get. Henry Smith (Hank to those who knew him) was one of these unfortunate positioned to this on the plane. Follow him as he literaly fights for his very lofe and the lives of his crew members thousands of feet in the air, in this unusual and provacative biography of this remarkable man's life.

Escape With a Silent Roar is the heroic trilogy of three World War II Pilots. Each story is different . Each story telling a tale of bravery in the heat of air combat. It is filled with emotion and intrigue. It is told straight from the men who lived it. As they tell their stories you will feel everything they did, experience everything they experienced as the young fighting men who helped keep freedom alive.