{"product_id":"9798888249536","title":"Tanker Turk and Hellcat Dan","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fast moving account of the final days of a world changing war.\" -\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 6  1945  author Larry Lindsey's father  a tank commander with Patton's 3rd  crossed the battle lines at Rinteln  Germany  in an unarmed jeep and single-handedly convinced over two thousand Nazis to surrender without firing a single shot. On that same day  during the most intense kamikaze attack of the war  the author's father-in-law  a Navy pilot in a Grumman Hellcat  shot down a Japanese Zero over Okinawa to become a fighter-pilot ace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo fathers  two different war fronts on opposite sides of the world: \u003cem\u003eTanker Turk and Hellcat Dan\u003c\/em\u003e relates the harrowing paths that brought these two heroes to that fateful day in April. Written like a novel and revolving around the hopes  hardships  and fears involved in long separations from home  this story highlights the serendipitous twists of fate that often occur in times of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koehler Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43085252165693,"sku":"9798888249536","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9798888249536_p0.jpg?v=1775261098","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9798888249536","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}