For This Marvelous Country is the inspiring true life story of a B-17 combat pilot in the 8th Air Force, 92nd Bomb Group in Europe during WWII. Bill, Capt. William B. Rose, recounts his first twenty-five combat missions, including the epic air raids on Schweinfurt and Brunswick. In 1943 Marg wrote a letter to Bill, the pilot of her brother’s crew. The letters they shared were “friendly, but not familiar”; a reflection of Bill’s military training. Bill returns to Europe in 1944 for a second combat tour in the B-17. At the end of the war, in 1945, Bill and Marg, two strangers that had shared the cares and concerns of wartime through correspondence, found themselves in a quandary - “where do we go from here?”
For This Marvelous Country is a story for all veterans as testament to their fine service, for everyone that prayed for the safe return of sons, brothers, friends and lovers, and for future generations who seek to discover the patriotic fervor exemplified by the WWII generation. Bill is inspirational in his courage, his love of country and his love of life.
For This Marvelous Country is a story for all veterans as testament to their fine service, for everyone that prayed for the safe return of sons, brothers, friends and lovers, and for future generations who seek to discover the patriotic fervor exemplified by the WWII generation. Bill is inspirational in his courage, his love of country and his love of life.
