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Rough War

The Combat Story of Lt. Paul J. Eastman, a "Burma Banshee" P-40 and P-47 Pilot

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Rough War

By: Walt Shiel
Narrated by: Emil Nicholas Gallina
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Battle fatigue...shell shock...PTSD... terminology changes. The pain remains.

Paul Eastman, a small-town Wisconsin boy turned P-40 fighter pilot, lands in the jungles of Assam and Burma in 1943. Lt. Eastman's compelling story, gleaned from his diary and letters home and illustrated with his personal photos, provides unique insights into the realities of combat life and death, punctuated by love and concern for the wife he left behind. Author Walt Shiel skillfully interleaves an informative history of the broader war into Eastman's personal accounts.

Eastman evolves from an innocent abroad to a fatalistic combat veteran - through missions that careen from mundane to adrenalin-fueled in a single heartbeat and through the humor, revelry, camaraderie, fatigue, and death that surround daily life. And through the "soul-numbing terror" of being shot down behind enemy lines. Like warriors before and after him, Eastman's war does not end after his 20 months of combat. After a decade of struggling to adapt, he finally takes his own life in a poignant episode that could be lifted from today's headlines.

Paul Eastman's war is, indeed, a Rough War.

Listen to Eastman's story, then give thanks to the veterans, past and present, who fight and die to preserve our freedoms.

©2011 Walter P. Shiel (P)2014 Walter P. Shiel
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Hard to listen to

I wanted to like it. I wanted to hear more about the Burma Banshees and their aircraft. Instead I listed to unending letters complaining about not receiving letters. I regret purchasing this and glad it was only 6 hours, most of which is filled with generic WW2 history. Given the option, I'd pass on this one.

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