The Liberators eBook Jerri Gibson McCloud
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THE LIBERATORS
Winter 1943. WWII is full blown. USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress pilot, Capt. Andrew Walters who has an unstoppable drive and undeterred command of leadership, flies his crew through horrific missions over Germany and Austria to slow the surge of the Luftwaffe and liberate people from the devastation of Hitler’s Third Reich.
In this fast-paced debut novel, German Luftwaffe burst through clouds at 12 o’clock with blinding sun preceding them, unleashing their weapons on an out gunned—out maneuvered—overloaded B-17 on one of three treacherous missions to destroy ball bearing plants over Germany. Capt. Walters leads his crew through torturous flak, 8mm guns peppering the Flying Fortress, and 20mm cannons barreling through the plane while holding a steady course toward their initial point to release bombs on German targets. A web of bloody human debris splayed across the B-17’s windshield—an eyeball stars back at them.
During his thirty-month journey, Capt. Walters is determined to become the man his perfectionist father can be proud of—a man alone in his secret plight, his leadership would turn frightened, petrified, ashen boys into men.
Along the way, the Captain falls in love with a spirited Red Cross nurse from his hometown. She rescues an orphaned toddler and becomes extremely attached creating multiple problems as a result. The pilot’s family in Fayetteville, North Carolina, suffers tremendously when their son becomes Missing in Action.
Rarely does a WWII novel deal with the fears of its airmen or take you back home where the families cope by serving their country in other ways while their men fight for freedom for all. The Liberators covers it all.
The Liberators eBook Jerri Gibson McCloud
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The Liberators eBook Jerri Gibson McCloud Reviews
For anyone interested in the allied bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the second world war, this is a must read. I am pretty sure that author Jerri McCloud did not fly a B-17 Superfortress in WW II, but her exciting and even terrifying descriptions of the onslaught of the Messerschmitt 109 and FW 190 fighter planes against the American bombers during the bombing campaigns on Schweinfurt, Germany read as though she might have experienced them first hand. It is just a minor point, but another American aircraft of the same vintage was the B-24 Liberator, and when I set out to read the book, the title led me to expect that was going to be the American aircraft involved.
This book gives a realistic picture of the European theater during World War II and how the war impacted lives back home and abroad. It is a story of love and courage, of men and women who overcame their fears to do the right thing. The battle scenes fought in the skies bring the fight right to you. It makes you realize the risk that these brave men took. My thanks to Ms. McCloud for giving me a better understanding of this war. A good read.
Jerri Gibson McCloud neatly packages a love story, a family drama, and a hard-hitting shoot'em up war action into a book that entertains and informs. At various moments, The Liberators makes one misty-eyed, sympathetic, euphoric, and cringing in horror at the vivid up-close experiences of aerial combat during World War II.
The author's knack for grouping words in a dramatic, descriptive fashion makes the reader feel he is in an airplane being shot to pieces by German fighters. While reading, one feels they are in the airmen's minds as they fight to control fears so the mission can be completed. Your adrenalin pumps with a gunner's desperation of destroying an enemy plane before it destroys your plane. You feel the terror of watching your buddies go down in flames.
The Liberators follows Andrew Walters from telling his family he has dropped out of college to join the Army Air Force, to training as a B-17 bomber pilot, to combat in Europe where he meets a hometown girlfriend serving as a Red Cross Nurse, to being shot down over Germany, and to surviving the deprivation of being a prisoner of war. Walters struggles to overcome his own insecurities as he holds his crew together, completing one harrowing mission after another until their luck runs out. Captured after being shot down, Walters faces different leadership challenges against adversaries in a POW camp.
While he is in England, Walters has a reunion with a high school classmate who works at a nearby military hospital. After he is transferred to Italy, she has to cope with sexual harassment from a senior officer as she struggles to remain faithful to Walters.
Although the bulk of The Liberators follows the adventures of Captain Walters, his war experiences are skillfully interwoven with the different issues faced by his family back home in North Carolina and their emotions after receiving the dreaded telegram Your son is missing in action.
"The Liberators" by Jerri Gibson McCloud is a historical fiction novel centering around Andrew Walters, his relationship with his father who he can't ever seem to please, a nurse he meets during the war and the life of another POW he hasn't been able to get along with, but must try and save in a trial during their internment.
The novel is written in a folksy, southern style/dialect, which works initially as Andy and his family live in Fayetteville, NC. Unfortunately the majority of characters also communicate in similar fashion, making some of the war and POW scenes a little less believable. I was reminded of an old John Wayne war movie, where even in the midst of it all, the characters speak politely, folksy, and a little too kind for the situation. The author's use of several parenthesis for foreign words or expressions, might be better served by footnotes or a glossary at the beginning or end of the novel. I found them to disrupt the flow of the book. There is also a fair amount of "self talk and private thoughts," particularly with Andy and his troubled relationship with his father.
There is little doubt that Ms. McCloud based her novel on plenty of solid research, but the tone of the novel is a little soft concerning the subject matter. I know little of POW camps in Germany, but the one in this story seemed too cushy. Maybe camps like this one actually existed (I sure hope so), but with fictional license on this tale, more tension (and a better read) could have been created with a much harsher environment for the prisoners.
Overall, it was a 3-star read and the potential of an even stronger, more-gripping tale exists in the story line/idea. A different approach to some of the technical issues of the writing might have helped bring an improved rating.
This was not my type of book as I was never one that liked history or anything about war. I got hooked on the first page and continued reading until I fell asleep. Next morning I picked up where I left off. I really enjoyed this book so much and intend to buy more of her books.. A great read....
Terrible writing. I only could last for the first 30 pages. I could not find a reason to grind through this even though It was free.
Wonderful book! The writing is excellant and descriptive. Interessting details about WWII and the Air Force. Jerri McCloud captures the essence of a twenty-two year old fighter pilot, Andy. The patriotic pride, the horror of battle, the thrill of a mission accomplished, and the sorrow of friends who failed to return to base. Andy takes his job seriously, and displays leadership qualities. He leads his team of ten men with honor and compassion. In the middle of the chaos, a girl from his hometown turns up as a Red Cross Nurse, and adds a touch of romance. Highly recommend the book.
Read this for Memorial Weekend or Fourth of July. It reminds us of how lucky we are to have freedom.
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