Gunners!

B-29 Machine Gunners in the Korean War

By: James Blackwell

Narrated by: James Blackwell

You don’t know much about the Korean War. You know even less about the air war over Korea. You know nothing about the B-29 in the Korean War. And what you’ve been told is mostly wrong. The truth has been buried for years. This book tells it straight – no spin.

Gunners! B-29 Gunners in the Korean War, gives voice to ten ordinary men who rose to extraordinary accomplishments, then came home to lead ordinary lives. Time is catching up with the “Silent Generation.” Now in their 90s, these veterans carry the final echoes of a defining chapter in history. This powerful collection offers a rare, intimate look before their stories fade from living memory.

Their journey did not end in the skies over the Korean peninsula. These Veterans still carry invisible burdens, unseen wounds that linger long after the uniform is folded away. America needs their quiet strength now more than ever.

Gunners! authoritatively documents their inspirational war stories with:

•Official data showing that B-29 gunners destroyed 1-1/2 times more MiG-15s than did communist fighter jets over US bombers.

•A plain language description of the complex remote control turret system that employed the first electronic computers used in combat.

•How Air Force Prisoners of War outsmarted their captors despite communist torture, starvation and indoctrination.

So, get two copies. Listen to the Audiobook version for yourself. Then give a paperback copy away to a veteran to thank them, their friends and family, for their service.

If you don’t know a Korean War veteran, go seek and befriend one. You’ll find them in a local Korean War Veterans Association Chapter, American Legion Post, assisted living or skilled nursing facility, and will welcome your fellowship. Their families and friends will be grateful and encouraged.

©2025 James Blackwell (P)2025 James Blackwell

Amazing young Gunners play a large part in winning the Korean War.

I will have to admit that the Korean War took place a decade before I was born, so my first knowledge of this era was in a history book.
The attractive part of this book for me was that I was able to stand next to these brave gunners to learn what they were doing, seeing and experiencing when they themselves were young men. I now realize what an influence they had in winning the war.
The narrator’s inflections put me right there next to those 10 gunners. They became personal to me with their stories.
Even though the Korean War is a part of history it became far more of a reality and personal by understanding what really happened to these incredible and brave GUNNERS!
Well done and I would highly recommend!