Review: 'The Bomb'

[Howard Zinn]'s story is also my brother's story. Like Zinn, my brother was a bombardier entrusted with the secret Norden bombsight that increased the bomber's accuracy and the subsequent devastation of the targets. For Captain Melvin B. Raskin these were moments of release, a time wh...

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Published in:Foreign policy in focus 2010, p.N_A
Main Author: Raskin, Marcus
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographies
Nonfiction
Zinn, Howard
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Summary:[Howard Zinn]'s story is also my brother's story. Like Zinn, my brother was a bombardier entrusted with the secret Norden bombsight that increased the bomber's accuracy and the subsequent devastation of the targets. For Captain Melvin B. Raskin these were moments of release, a time when sex and destruction were intermingled, when the American national anthem stirred the blood in our veins, when mothers gave up their sons out of patriotism. My mother tried to hide my brother's report to duty from President Roosevelt. But Mel Raskin reported anyway. He flew 29 missions, even though bombardiers, like World War II pilots, were only to fly 25 missions, collect their medals and have 30 days of rest before moving on to the next stage of war.
ISSN:1524-1939