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Title: James Blackwell Publishes Military History Book Gunners The Men Who Manned the B-29 Machine Guns in the Korean War
United States, 23rd Jul 2025 —Dr. James Blackwell, the renowned military analyst, lecturer, and author, today announced the release of his latest book, “Gunners! The Men Who Manned the B-29 Machine Guns in the Korean War.” Blackwell is a Korean War Historian for the 307th Bombardment Group Association. In the book, Blackwell shares the stories of a largely forgotten group of airmen in a conflict that is also quickly receding from American memory. The richly detailed, meticulously researched account is primarily based on the service members’ own words. It has been vetted through reliable archival sources, as well. “The airmen who manned the machine guns on the B-29 bombers in Korea have many powerful stories to share,” explained Blackwell, who served as CNN’s first full-time on-air military expert during the 1991 Gulf War and as the Fox News Network’s founding military analyst. “They’re part of a lost generation of soldiers who honorably served their country in a war that most Americans now know little about. But, there’s a lot we can learn from their experiences in the conflict.”The Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953, began when Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. It became a bloody proxy war between the United States and its allies fighting against North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union. Over 36,000 Americans died in the war, which had a total military and civilian death toll estimated at upwards of 2-1/4 million. The US Air Force deployed B-29 bombers, built for service in World War II, to Korea. The planes, known as “super fortresses,” were the largest and most sophisticated aircraft in the world. By Korea, fighting against Russian MiG-15 jets, the US Air Force had to inject new technology, and adapt its tactics, techniques and doctrin...
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