The Indestructible Man - by Don Keith & David Rocco (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Burns, broken bones, shrapnel--nothing could stop Dixie Kiefer, the victim of ten wounds in two wars, a veteran of some of the U.S. Navy's most celebrated carriers and battles, and a naval aviation pioneer. This is his story.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Dixie Kiefer's reputation for durability began at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he broke an ankle and shattered a kneecap while playing football. After anti-submarine duty in World War I, he became a pioneer of naval aviation and had an elbow shattered by a plane that buzzed him as a joke. Kiefer's first World War II assignment was executive officer of the carrier Yorktown. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal at the Coral Sea and the Navy Cross at Midway, where--as his ship was sinking--he suffered severe burns to his hands and a compound fracture of his foot. After recuperating, Kiefer took command of the Ticonderoga. In January 1945, Japanese kamikazes struck the carrier, killing and wounding hundreds. Kiefer broke his arm and was struck by more than sixty pieces of shrapnel--but remained on the bridge for twelve hours, earning the Silver Star. Victim of ten wounds in two wars, veteran of some of the U.S. Navy's most celebrated carriers and battles, a naval aviation pioneer, Dixie Kiefer died in a stateside plane crash two months after the war ended.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Don Keith is a journalist with decades of experience across various media. As a broadcast journalist, he won awards from the Associated Press and UPI for news writing and reporting, received the first Hector Award from Troy University for innovation in broadcast journalism, and was twice named Billboard's radio personality of the year for his work in Birmingham and Nashville. As a print journalist, his writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Congressional Quarterly, and American Legion. He is author or co-author of thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Hunter Killer, the basis of a 2018 movie starring Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler. He lives outside Birmingham, Alabama. David Rocco retired from the New York Housing Authority after a career of twenty years. Since then, he has volunteered for cultural and environmental initiatives in the Hudson Valley and New York City area, including a major role in redeveloping the "Walkway over the Hudson" project and extensive work at Mount Beacon. He lives in Yorktown, New York.
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