by Larry Allen Lindsey (Author)
"A fast moving account of the final days of a world changing war." -Kirkus Reviews
On 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.
Two fathers, two different war fronts on opposite sides of the world: Tanker Turk and Hellcat Dan 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.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: January 30, 2026
