Jack R. Myers
Born: in Barry, Illinois
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Myers was born in Barry, Illinois but grew up in Quincy, Illinois. He also lived in Decatur and Springfield, Illinois. Myers also attended Millikin University in Decatur. Biography: Myers was educated at Ft. Hays Kansas State College and Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. He is graduate of the U.S. Army Aviation Cadet School and served as a bombardier on a B-17, flew 35 missions over Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Yugoslavia and Poland during World War II. He knows first-hand the terrifying fears many veterans faced during the war. One of the reasons Myers wrote his books. He wanted World War II veterans -- and veteran from today's wars -- to know it's OK to talk about their fears. After serving in the war, Myers returned to Quincy for a time. He later landed jobs with insurance companies in Decatur and Springfield. Then in 1961 he moved to Oklahoma City and started his own company, Standard Business Supply. Myers is now retired and lives in Arcadia, Oklahoma.
Awards:
Jack R. Myers on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=jack+r.+myers
Selected Titles
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Calftown boy / ISBN: 0595417949 OCLC: 428688465 iUniverse, Lincoln, NE : ©2006. |
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Shot at and missed : ISBN: 0806136952 OCLC: 53462187 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman : ©2004. "Jack R. Myers recounts his experiences as a B-17 bombardier during World War II. Commissioned a second lieutenant in 1944 at age twenty, Myers began flying missions with the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force. He learned firsthand the exhilaration - and terror - of being shot at and missed." |