--- product_id: 105891743 title: "Queens Die Proudly" price: "SAR 192" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/105891743-queens-die-proudly store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Queens Die Proudly **Price:** SAR 192 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Queens Die Proudly - **How much does it cost?** SAR 192 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/105891743-queens-die-proudly) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Vintage book Review: Great book about my cousin Frank Kurtz - It puts you there, in the South Pacific with all that went on with the men in the B-17 flying crews. Great history I knew little of. Review: Great account of early crews experience in the pacific theater - This book was a great account of what our Army Air Crew experienced in the South Pacific at the start of WWII. This book was published in 1943 and is written in a conversation style that is different than many accounts you would typically read. I think this is a great book to have in your library if you can acquire it. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,688,087 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 Reviews | ## Images ![Queens Die Proudly - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61e57qC9sKL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book about my cousin Frank Kurtz *by D***Z on March 25, 2024* It puts you there, in the South Pacific with all that went on with the men in the B-17 flying crews. Great history I knew little of. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great account of early crews experience in the pacific theater *by K***. on June 20, 2019* This book was a great account of what our Army Air Crew experienced in the South Pacific at the start of WWII. This book was published in 1943 and is written in a conversation style that is different than many accounts you would typically read. I think this is a great book to have in your library if you can acquire it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Raising American Wartime Morale in 1943 *by C***S on January 9, 2021* This book, and its predecessor “They Were Expendable,” also by W. L. White, is a window on American hopes and fears in the first half of World War II in the Pacific. While the outlines of what was happening in 1942 is accurate, particularly with regard to the geography of a battle in which an outnumbered and under-equipped American military was fighting, the author takes many liberties with regard to what brave airmen were able to accomplish in the circumstances. In that sense, reading “Queens Die Proudly” is the equivalent of watching the black and white war movies being churned out by Hollywood at the same time, designed to help the public appreciate the long odds against our forces in the Pacific in the early part of the war and to spur pride, sacrifice, and war production on the home front. Author White’s tale of a B-17 pilot, his plane, and the other bombers — most of which were destroyed in the Japanese surprise attack on the Philippines — doesn’t gloss over the high casualty rate among American servicemen. We are left to speculate about the fate of the number of US military who had to be abandoned as the few serviceable planes were flown to Australia in order to fight again. Planes get shot down or don’t return and their crews are lost. All this brought home to the American public at the time the sacrifices being made as the Japanese launched their surprise attacks. On the home front many were working 70 and 80 hours a week in defense plants to supply the unprecedented air, sea, and land armada that pushed the Japanese back to their home islands and eventually led to Japan’s defeat. Many defense workers, and kids collecting aluminum and rubber in surplus drives, were motivated by helping “our boys” out in the Pacific. But, as with those vintage Hollywood movies, the exploits of those flying the few airworthy planes that survived Japan’s initial attacks never achieved the lopsided victories described. And, although these veterans have sadly all passed, they would find some of the claims ridiculous. In the combat operations described, B-17s fly in twos and threes, not the mutually protective armadas in the European theater later in the war. Yet, attacked by five “Zeros” (Japanese fighter planes), in White’s account a single B-17 shoots down four with its defensive guns and scares away a fifth. Would it have been so easy. Repeatedly, lone or small groups of B-17s sink Japanese shipping including cruisers from an altitude of 28,000 feet. Again, this simply didn’t happen. The Japanese surprise attacks certainly revealed perfidy. But in White’s telling, there are some ridiculous claims probably picked up by the scuttlebutt or imaginary tales of the time. The Japanese would fly their planes dressed as natives so if they had to bail out over a Pacific island they could blend in with the crowd of natives (as if all non-Caucasians were the same). They painted their planes with American markings. They lacked the courage to press attacks even when they had a numerical advantage. By 1943, when the book came out, Americans were in an early stage of turning the tide of the war. The US Navy had prevailed over Japanese naval forces at Midway and in the Battle of the Coral Sea. US Marines and army had just captured Guadalcanal. The book’s theme was right for the time: We will win, but we have a very tough war still ahead of us. We have the brave men. We need to equip our brave servicemen in the Pacific to do the job. Read this book not for detailed factual accuracy but to take your mind back to what it was like on the American home front as the country was just emerging from the embarrassment of Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, and the defeat in the Philippines. Take heart in the bravery and competence of our men fighting in the Pacific. Get them the equipment they need. In that sense, this book is an interesting window on the times. Footnote: Reference is made to a Texas Congressman named Lyndon B. Johnson, a commissioned officer, who in the book is in a B-17 as it runs out of fuel and is forced to land in Outback Australia. In White’s telling, Johnson takes the opportunity to glad-hand the rural Aussies and ask them about the price of wool, as though he is campaigning in the Hill Country of Texas! This tale sounds true. Very controversially, Johnson was awarded a Silver Star for being a passenger in a plane that took Japanese fire. No medals for the pilot or the crew of that plane! W.L. White was the son of a famous newspaper editor, William Allen White, and his earlier book, “They Were Expendable”, was a blockbuster about PT boats operating out of the Philippines, including the boat that spirited Douglas MacArthur to safety. That book may have inspired young John F. Kennedy to volunteer to be a PT boat skipper (PT 109). --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/105891743-queens-die-proudly](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/105891743-queens-die-proudly) --- *Product available on Desertcart Saudi Arabia* *Store origin: SA* *Last updated: 2026-06-20*