BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260524T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260524T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Mighty Talks | The Navigator's Letter with Jan Cress Dondi DESCRIPTION:The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force's monthly Mighty Talk series is proud to present author Jan Cress Dondi\, who will be discussing her bestselling book The Navigator's Letter. This program will take place on May 24th at 1:00 pm at the museum as part of the Flags for the Fallen weekend programming. \nThe program is free to the public\, but please register at https://forms.gle/7qBGm5TYxBqLud7w8 \nAbout the Book A USA Today Bestseller\, The Navigator's Letter reveals one of the most audacious and overlooked World War II stories. It chronicles a dangerous U.S. Army Air Force campaign through the voices of two airmen bound by duty and one woman\, forming a deeply human narrative. A gripping blend of military history and war biography\, it captures brotherhood\, love\, and sacrifice. One of the riskiest air raids of World War II occurred on August 1\, 1943\, over the oil fields at Ploesti\, Romania Nazi Germany's primary fuel source. The Allies believed that the destruction of Hitler's oil refineries would shorten the war. Using an untested strategy\, it was worth the gamble\, but the mission did not go according to plan with 53 aircraft and 532 crewmen lost\, it was the costliest US air raid of the war. \nA true story\, The Navigator's Letter is a tale of uncanny coincidences: two friends from the same small Illinois town\; both joined the Air Corps\; both became navigators\; both were assigned to B-24 Liberators\; both flew missions over Europe\; both of their planes were forced down over Ploesti\; and both went missing-in-action.Intertwined with events of WWII\, the story follows the two B-24 navigators coursing through wartime\, both with ties to the same woman. Their lives unfurl with the Air Force's darkest day\, Operation Tidal Wave. It was the first-ever zero-altitude air raid followed by multiple high-altitude raids culminating in Operation Reunion\, the largest evacuation by air in history with the Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group flying escort repatriating 1\,162 POWs from Romania back to American air bases in Italy. \nAbout the Author Jan Cress Dondi has a BS from the University of Georgia\, conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Alaska\, and has done research and legal writing for decades. She lives in Fort Lauderdale\, Florida. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force'\;s monthly Mighty Talk series is proud to present author Jan Cress Dondi\, who will be discussing her bestselling book The Navigator&rsquo\;s Letter. This program will take place on May 24th at 1:00 pm at the museum as part of the Flags for the Fallen weekend programming. \;

The program is free to the public\, but please register at \;https://forms.gle/7qBGm5TYxBqLud7w8

About the Book \;

A USA Today Bestseller\, The Navigator&rsquo\;s Letter reveals one of the most audacious and overlooked World War II stories. It chronicles a dangerous U.S. Army Air Force campaign through the voices of two airmen bound by duty&mdash\;and one woman\, forming a deeply human narrative. A gripping blend of military history and war biography\, it captures brotherhood\, love\, and sacrifice. One of the riskiest air raids of World War II occurred on August 1\, 1943\, over the oil fields at Ploesti\, Romania&mdash\;Nazi Germany&rsquo\;s primary fuel source. The Allies believed that the destruction of Hitler&rsquo\;s oil refineries would shorten the war. Using an untested strategy\, it was worth the gamble\, but the mission did not go according to plan&mdash\;with 53 aircraft and 532 crewmen lost\, it was the costliest US air raid of the war. \;

A true story\, The Navigator&rsquo\;s Letter is a tale of uncanny coincidences: two friends from the same small Illinois town\; both joined the Air Corps\; both became navigators\; both were assigned to B-24 Liberators\; both flew missions over Europe\; both of their planes were forced down over Ploesti\; and both went missing-in-action.

Intertwined with events of WWII\, the story follows the two B-24 navigators coursing through wartime\, both with ties to the same woman. Their lives unfurl with the Air Force&rsquo\;s darkest day\, Operation Tidal Wave. It was the first-ever zero-altitude air raid followed by multiple high-altitude raids culminating in Operation Reunion\, the largest evacuation by air in history with the Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group flying escort repatriating 1\,162 POWs from Romania back to American air bases in Italy. \;

About the Author \;

Jan Cress Dondi has a BS from the University of Georgia\, conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Alaska\, and has done research and legal writing for decades. She lives in Fort Lauderdale\, Florida.

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