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Summary: Very uneven stories
Review: I only picked up this book because Stephen Coonts name was on it. "Eyes of the Cat" was the best story. "Hangar Rat" was a total waste of time - the hanger rat turns out to be an alien. How does that fit into a WWII book?
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Summary: Some great stories, some not so
Review: Some of the stories in this books are excellent reads. Both the PBY stories are well constructed and written. My favourite, by Harold Coyle, was the story of the assault on Tarawa. I read the book two or three weeks ago and the metal images of the jungle fighting described still linger.A couple of lightweight tales by Harold Robbins and David Hagberg detract, I believe, from the overall weight and authority of the book as a whole, but if you are an afficianado of WWII stories, then this book is well worth a read.
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Summary: Not worth the money--not even close
Review: This book was a great disappointment. I have a habit of passing along books to friends when I am done with them. I'd be embarrassed to recommend this one to anybody, even if I'm giving it to them for free. Reading it was a waste of time. David Hagberg's "V5", the second story of the three in this book, was okay. Not great, but okay. The first story, by Stephen Coonts, "The Sea Witch", was on the level of a junior high school writing project. Poorly written, with a weak plot, I felt robbed of my time when I finished reading it. It's a short story, so I finished it, but I felt foolish for continuing my reading after I realized how poor it was. Barrett Tillman's "Flame at Tarawa" was marginally better, but really not by much. Don't waste your money on this book. If you feel the need to connect with WWII heroics, take your $7 and give it to a veterans' charity! You'll feel much better afterwards than you would if you spent the money on this dreck and wasted your time reading it.
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