When he left Hollywood in March 1941, Jimmy Stewart was America's
boy next door movie star and a recent Academy Award winner. He left
all that behind to join the United States Army Air Corps and
fulfill his family mission to serve his country—only to face
obstacle after obstacle from both Hollywood and Washington. Finally
he made his way to the European Theater, where several near-death
experiences and the loss of men under his command took away his
youthful good looks. The war finally won, he returned home with
millions of other veterans to face an uncertain future, suffering
what we now know as PTSD. For the next half century, Stewart
refused to discuss his combat experiences and took the story of his
service to the grave. Mission presents the first in-depth look at
Stewart's life as a Squadron Commander in the skies over Germany,
from takeoff to landing and every key moment in between. Author
Robert Matzen sifted through thousands of Air Force combat reports
and the Stewart personnel files; interviewed surviving aviators who
flew with Stewart; visited the James Stewart Papers at Brigham
Young University; flew in the cockpits of the B-17 Flying Fortress
and B-24 Liberator; and walked the earth of air bases in England
used by Stewart in his combat missions of 1943-45. What emerges in
Mission is the story of a Jimmy Stewart you never knew until now, a
story more fantastic than any he brought to the screen.
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