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The. This is the battlefront a battlefront like no other the long history of mankinds wars. This is an air. For. An. And. For the working day begins as it will end the ground crews as a part of the fortress, as a wing. If youre a mechanic youve got your own bomber, you get to it. But you know, when your ship goes out on a mission, you may never see it again. So you do your work as well as can be done perfectly because you wouldnt want anything go wrong. That would be your fault fault. You know. The day the bombs be taken from these bomb dumps in england and deliver to specific points in wilhelmshaven, germany germany. To deliver them is the job the eighth Bomber Command just, the hauling job at one of the most difficult and complicated of military operations. Yeah. Although. General purpose bombs impact velocity as high as 750 miles an hour, pierced five inches of armor plate. Destroy a factory. Briefing at 800 pilots bombardiers and navigators take their places. The group commander, c
The. This is the battlefront a battlefront like no other the long history of mankinds wars. This is an air. For. An. And. For the working day begins as it will end the ground crews as a part of the fortress, as a wing. If youre a mechanic youve got your own bomber, you get to it. But you know, when your ship goes out on a mission, you may never see it again. So you do your work as well as can be done perfectly because you wouldnt want anything go wrong. That would be your fault fault. You know. The day the bombs be taken from these bomb dumps in england and deliver to specific points in wilhelmshaven, germany germany. To deliver them is the job the eighth Bomber Command just, the hauling job at one of the most difficult and complicated of military operations. Yeah. Although. General purpose bombs impact velocity as high as 750 miles an hour, pierced five inches of armor plate. Destroy a factory. Briefing at 800 pilots bombardiers and navigators take their places. The group commander, c
Tonight we are delighted to have derek beck presented the war before independence 1775. Derek has always had a passion for military history which inspired him to start his career in the u. S. Air force, he has served as an officer on active duty and science roles and in space operations. In 2005 he earned a master of science degree at m. I. T. Where he also fell in love with bostons revolutionary past. To more fully pursue writing, he later transitioned to the air force reserves, though he still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. Dereks first book igniting the American Revolution, 1773 to 1775 received an Honorable Mention here at the Fraunces Tavern museum book award in april. Dereks second book, the sequel, the war before independence and that was released in may. I would now like to welcome derek to the lectern. [ applause ] thank you all for coming. Its an honor to be here at the Fraunces Tavern. Its exciting to give a historic lecture at a historic site. I
To further pursue writing, he transferred to the air force reserve. Ignitingrst book, the American Revolution, review75 earned a great was released in april. His second book was released in may. Derek thank you all for coming. It is an honor to be here. A very Historic Site so it is pretty cool to give a historic lecture at an Historic Site. I have two books and they together tell the entire boston campaign. The first covers from the start of the war which i describe the start of the action at the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Then the first shots are fired and it ends with the siege of boston just beginning. It is kind of how book two starts. Both books are standalone, they can be read independently, but together they tell the entire boston campaign. Little bit more of who i am and the reason behind this book. I already kind of describe the details. When i joined the air force, i was stationed at Los Angeles Air force base and i started working on some short films on the weekend, took som