Death is Lighter Than a Feather - Paperback

by David Westheimer (Author), John R. Skates (Afterword by)

On May 25, 1945, while American and Japanese forces on Okinawa were locked in bitter struggle, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff sent out plans for an amphibious invasion which would subjugate Japan. "Operation Olympic" was to seize Kyushu, while "Operation Coronet" was to strike directly against the Tokyo area.

Author Biography

DAVID WESTHEIMER authored fifteen novels and a non-fiction World War II POW memoir. A retired Lieutenant Colonel, recipient of an Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross, he was a graduate of Rice Institute. He lived with wife Dody in Los Angeles.