William C. McGuire II
is a career corporate public relations professional, primarily as a writer. He was an English major at a classic liberal arts college. He has been trained in journalistic discipline & objectivity in a variety of editorial & reportorial jobs.
Bill says of himself, “I am a very analytical person, but also humanistic in my approach & viewpoint. I'm in no way post-modernist. My account carries the mark of each of these influences as well as a sharp personal viewpoint framed by the weight & drive of my experience as the only child of a wartime KIA (killed in action). My background gave me the confidence & the ability to tell my story my way.”
This book tells the story of the 8th's mission against Friedrichshafen, Germany of March 18, 1944, and of the author's Navigator dad's last fateful day with the 392nd BG, which would lose 14 Liberators on this trip. In a parallel contemporary narrative, the book also tells the story of how the author first came to learn these details in the mid 1990s, met with survivors, secured records and went to Europe for the first time, to his father's old base in East Anglia, his burial place in St. Avold France, and the crash site(s) in southwest Germany of his plane and two other heavies.(Provided by Wm. McGuire II)
“If anyone wants a signed copy and wants to take the trouble of mailing it to me, I will autograph it and mail it back. Awkward I know, but my publisher is handling orders now and those books are unsigned. If anyone wants to be in touch with me via mail or on the internet here are the addresses. I welcome comments and questions. This is the least I can do to share our honored heritage and in a way pay back some of the great men I have come to know who served in World War II.”
Bill McGuire
#2 Washington Square
Larchmont, NY 10538
He may also be reached by e-mail: A43fool@aol.com
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William C. McGuire II
After The Liberators