03387cam a2200421 4500 526724558 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781400122509 1400122503 90854c72-6638-4a97-9596-937e3017cbb3 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 117972 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wortman, Marc. The Millionaires' Unit [Libby] : The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power. Tantor Media, Inc., 2006. Military. 20th Century. United States. Aviation. History. World War I. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 372MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 372MB. History. Military. Nonfiction. The Millionaires' Unit is the story of a gilded generation of young men from the zenith of privilege: a Rockerfeller, the son of the head of the Union Pacific Railroad, several who counted friends and relatives among presidents and statesmen of the day. They had it all and, remarkably by modern standards, they were prepared to risk it all to fight a distant war in France. Driven by the belief that their membership in the American elite required certain sacrifice, schooled in heroism and the nature of leadership, they determined to be first into the conflict, leading the way ahead of America's declaration that it would join the war. At the heart of the group was the Yale flying club, six of whom are the heroes of this book. They would share rivalries over girlfriends, jealousies over membership in Skull and Bones, and fierce ambition to be the most daring young man over the battlefields of France, where the casualties among flyers were chillingly high. One of the six would go on to become the principal architect of the American Air Force's first strategic bomber force. Others would bring home decorations and tales of high life experiences in Paris. Some would not return, having made the greatest sacrifice of all in perhaps the last noble war. For readers of Flyboys, The Greatest Generation, or Flags of Our Fathers, this patriotic, romantic, absorbing book is narrative military history of the best kind. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Lawlor, Patrick. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/117972-TheMillionairesUnit.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/117972-TheMillionairesUnit.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=90854C72-6638-4A97-9596-937E3017CBB3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/117972-TheMillionairesUnit.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/117972-TheMillionairesUnit.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=90854C72-6638-4A97-9596-937E3017CBB3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)