Damn Lucky: John 'Lucky' Luckadoo and Kevin Maurer
<p>On today’s show, Jack is joined by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Maurer and by John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the subject of Kevin’s new book, <em>Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History</em> . </p> <p><br /></p> <p>It’s an incredible true story of a World War II hero. Lucky joined the military in the weeks following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and after flight training was assigned as a Second Lieutenant to the 100th Bomb Group stationed in England. During a time when most bombing crews wouldn’t survive more than a dozen missions, Lucky completed 25 in the B-17 Flying Fortress over France and Germany on bombing runs aimed at destroying the Nazi war machine. </p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Sponsors: </strong></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Navy Federal Credit Union: </strong>Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at<a href="http://navyfederal.org/"> </a>http://navyfederal.org/</p> <p><strong>Black Rifle Coffee Company: </strong>Today’s episode is also brought to you by <a href="https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/pages/dangerclose">Black Rifle</a>. Purchase at <a href="http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/dangerclose">http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/dangerclose</a> and use code: dangerclose20 at checkout for 20% off your purchase and your first coffee club order!</p> <p><strong>SIG: </strong>This episode is sponsored by SIG Sauer. You can learn more about SIG <a href="http://bit.ly/SIG-JackCarr">here</a>: http://bit.ly/SIG-JackCarr </p> <p><br /></p> <p>Featured Books: Today's featured gear segment is brought to you by by the online physical training program for backcountry athletes MTNTOUGH: MTNTOUGH is offering Danger Close listeners 20% off the all-new MTNTOUGH+ subscription with the code DANGERCLOSE when you sign up at mtntough.com </p> <p><br /></p> <p><em>Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History</em> by Kevin Maurer and by John “Lucky” Luckadoo </p> <p><em>The Bomber Mafia by</em> Malcolm Gladwell</p>
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On today’s show, Jack is joined by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Maurer and by John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the subject of Kevin’s new book, Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History .
It’s an incredible true story of a World War II hero. Lucky joined the military in the weeks following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and after flight training was assigned as a Second Lieutenant to the 100th Bomb Group stationed in England. During a time when most bombing crews wouldn’t survive more than a dozen missions, Lucky completed 25 in the B-17 Flying Fortress over France and Germany on bombing runs aimed at destroying the Nazi war machine.
Sponsors:
Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at http://navyfederal.org/
Black Rifle Coffee Company: Today’s episode is also brought to you by Black Rifle. Purchase at http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/dangerclose and use code: dangerclose20 at checkout for 20% off your purchase and your first coffee club order!
SIG: This episode is sponsored by SIG Sauer. You can learn more about SIG here: http://bit.ly/SIG-JackCarr
Featured Books: Today's featured gear segment is brought to you by by the online physical training program for backcountry athletes MTNTOUGH: MTNTOUGH is offering Danger Close listeners 20% off the all-new MTNTOUGH+ subscription with the code DANGERCLOSE when you sign up at mtntough.com
Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History by Kevin Maurer and by John “Lucky” Luckadoo
The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
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