An inspiring true story of teamwork, camaraderie, and Americans at
war.
On January 23, 1943, a B-24 Liberator bomber and its crew of ten men
disappeared without a trace in New Guinea. Their families never knew
what happened to them. Now, 80 years later, their long-forgotten letters
and dusty photographs finally tell their story in The All-American
Crew.
Stanley Low did not want to be a hero and would not have welcomed the
description. A Chinese American kid from Salem, Oregon, who wasn't yet
old enough to vote or drink beer, Stan joined the army because there was
a war on and it was his duty. As Stan trains to become a bomber nose
gunner and heads into combat, he experiences loneliness, racism, his
first beer, his first romance, and the horrors of war.
Stan also builds tight bonds with his crewmates, who come from every
American ethnicity and walk of life, including Irish American pilot
Scott Regan and Jewish American bombardier Jerome Lesser. The ten men of
Stan's bomber crew--rich and poor, from old American families and recent
immigrants--form an all-American crew whose dedication to the country
and their team elevates them above their individual differences.
As the war heats up, Stan, his crewmates, and many other hastily trained
bomber crews fly off dirt runways in the South Pacific tropics,
thousands of miles from the nearest allied base, fighting the relentless
forces of the Japanese Empire. The loss of life mounts at an alarming
rate as many crews fail to return from missions. Those who survive
quickly learn to fight. Now battle-hardened veterans, Stan and his crew
fly toward their final rendezvous with destiny, willing to sacrifice
everything for their country and each other.
Celebrating American diversity and ideals of honor, bravery, and
freedom, The All-American Crew is a magnificent true story of men
at war.