Tiger Joe: A Photographic Diary of a World War II Aerial Reconnaissance Pilot - Tapa dura

More than 70 million soldiers were engaged in the military operations of World War II, but few had a front-row seat like Joe Thompson. Tiger Joe tells the story of this unknown hero and Nashville native, who flew 90 missions, most of them behind German lines, in a P-51 Mustang.
But Tiger Joe is more than a book about combat aviation. A gifted amateur photographer, Thompson took hundreds of pictures during his four years of military service. Tiger Joe is a photographic diary of Thompson's remarkable journey through World War II, taking us both behind-the-scenes and on the front lines, and allowing us to gaze into the human face of war.

Joe Thompson served as aerial reconnaissance pilot in the European Theater, rising to the rank of major. After the war, Mr. Thompson returned home to Nashville, Tennessee, and began a successful sixty-year career with the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and past president of the Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Martha, have four children and nine grandchildren.Tom Delvaux is a freelance writer. He and his wife, Sally, live in Franklin, Tennessee.