Gerald Astor (1926–2007)

Author of The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It

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The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It 77 copies
A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It… 75 copies
June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day 54 copies
Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of World War II - The Life of an… 38 copies
The Last Nazi 38 copies
The Baseball Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book 33 copies
Operation Iceberg : The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II 31 copies, 1 review
The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military 22 copies
The Jungle War: Mavericks, Marauders and Madmen in the China-Burma-India… 22 copies
Crisis in the Pacific: The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men… 21 copies
Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat… 19 copies
The Greatest War: American's in Combat: 1941-1945 18 copies
Disease Detectives 18 copies, 1 review
The Bloody Forest 17 copies

Semper Fi in the Sky: The Marine Air Battles of World War II 16 copies

The PGA World Golf Hall of Fame Book 15 copies

Wings of Gold: The U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II 14 copies

The Greatest War, Volume I: From Pearl Harbor to the Kasserine Pass 8 copies

The Greatest War, Volume II: D-Day and the Assault on Europe 8 copies

And a Credit to His Race; The Hard Life and Times of Joseph Louis Barrow,… 7 copies

The Greatest War, Volume III: The Battle of the Bulge to Hiroshima 7 copies

The Charge is Rape 4 copies

Presidents at war : from Truman to Bush, the gathering of military power… 3 copies

The New York cops; an informal history 3 copies

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Astor, Gerald Morton

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Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Scarsdale, New York, USA

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Princeton University (BA)

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