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Today we have a special guest Jan Cress Dondi author of The Navigator’s Letter The Navigator’s Letter, a USA Today bestseller and WWII narrative nonfiction, follows the Ploesti campaign through the experiences of two B-24 navigators, John B. and Bob—Jan’s uncle and father—friends from the same small Illinois town whose lives unfolded in strikingly parallel ways.
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Talking Points:
The discovery of 500-600 wartime letters
• Why Ploesti matters
• Operation Tidal Wave—audacious as planned; obstacles in execution
• The two navigators’ parallel journeys, their voices throughout the book
• Research and personal connection
• Operation Reunion—overlooked humanitarian mission, forgotten history
Links:
The Navigator’s Letter: The True Story of Two WWII Airmen, a Doomed Mission, and the Woman Who Bound Them Together
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