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Flight of the Hog Wild Bill Streifer and Irek Sabitov |
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"I have not heard of 'Hog Wild,' and your research will pull the curtain back on some lost history." |
| Von Hardesty Curator, National Air & Space Museum |
| "Extraordinary
research. This will be quite a story." ~ ~ ~ "Everything I'm hearing suggests that you have a potential best-seller, or at least a history book that would be of great interest to a huge number of people." |
| - Robert F. Dorr former U.S. diplomat and military writer |
| "I will read your book with great interest." |
| - Sergei Khrushchev Brown University son of Nikita Khrushchev |
| "Great to learn that your co-authored work will be forthcoming soon. I look forward to reading it!" |
| - Dr. Hsiao-ting Lin Curator of the East Asian Collection Hoover Institution |
| "I'm really interested in your book, particularly since the fate of American airmen over Soviet territory is a 'forgotten' aspect of WW2." |
| - Michael Puttré Editor-in-Chief of eDefense Online and the Journal of Electronic Defense |
| "It sounds like a fascinating book." |
| - Dr. Michael S. Goodman Department of War Studies King's College, London |
| "I cannot wait for publication. It has always interesting for me to read how foreigners see what I have seen until now. Your work will definitely contribute to expanding the realm of people's knowledge and, of course, mine." |
| - Jeongchul Shin former student Far Eastern Federal University Vladivostok, Russia |
| "Outstanding! I’ll see you on the History Channel someday... the last bomber forced down in WWII / the first Cold War Incident." |
| - Robert C. Sligh, USAF (civ) Fifth Air Force historian Yokota Air Base, Japan |
| "Your talents and
aptitudes for the horizons/depths of the Hog Wild saga are beyond incredible." |
| - John Bybee U.S. Army 196th Ordinance Battalion Special Weapons, Okinawa 1968-1970 Military Researcher |
| "What a story!" |
| Amber Paranick Serial & Government Publications Division Library of Congress |
| "It sounds like a great mystery." |
| - Thomas Allen author of Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage |
| "I am pleased to hear that your research turned up so much solid evidence. Should be a great story." |
| - Allan R. Millet Professor Emeritus of History Mershon Center for International Security Studies |
| "Wow... I am really
impressed by what you have uncovered. The book should prove remarkable!"
~ ~ ~ You are doing a great service to military history and to the history of the nuclear program...with your manuscript. And I love the idea that the date of 29 August was selected intentionally to honor the Hog Wild Incident! |
| - Benjamin D. Garrett FBI Senior Scientist Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) |
| "This is most interesting." |
| - Matt Schudel The Washington Post |
| "Your story... is a fascinating one. It speaks to both the success of the Manhattan Project in keeping itself secret and the incredibility that an atomic bomb was possible at all. " |
| - Richard Rhodes two-time Pulitzer Prize winner author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb |
| "I just wish I had talked to you before writing my article for Air Force Magazine [about the Soviet Tu-4 program]" |
| - Walter J. Boyne United States Air Force combat veteran and aviation historian former Director, National Air & Space Museum |
| "Great Cold War history." |
| - Gary Powers, Jr. son of Francis Gary Powers U-2 spyplane pilot |
| "Your many findings,
excellent, very exciting. Many clear connections with chemistry: research, technology, manufacturing..." |
| - Jeffrey Seeman Chair, American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry |
| "What you say is really
incredible. So incredible, I even doubted for a second if it's not a joke of some sort." ~ ~ ~ "This is most impressive you have dug so deeply... I am quite sure that filming rights will be quite beneficial when your book is released...perhaps not just as a documentary, but also, a full-motion action 'based on true events' (movie) would be a blockbuster." |
| - Philipp Ton CEO, 21e Creative Russian Federation |
| "What an interesting
story!" ~ ~ ~ "MacArthur's reaction fits with everything we know about him in terms of his attitude to the Russians." |
| Richard J Aldrich author of The Clandestine Cold War in Asia |
| "Very interesting story, indeed." |
| - Philippe Vernimmen QM Depot Brussels, Belgium |
| "Extremely facinating, the tip of knowledge. I feel blessed." |
| - David Galvan Son of the late Capt. Robert A. Galvan, 40th BW, 325 Sq. B-47E at Smoky Hill, AFB KS |
| "I found your
explanation of the Hog Wild’s role in the Tu-4 very interesting. It seems
very consistent with Soviet practices." ~ ~ ~ "I think that it is entirely possible that the 'Hog Wild' was conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance." |
| - Dr. John T. Farquhar (Civ.) United States Air Force Academy instructor, Air University |
"This is fascinating stuff and an area not well covered by prior publications." |
| - Dr. Carlo Kopp Editor, Air Power Australia |
| "An interesting story." |
| - Mike Mucha Military Aviation Historian/author Polish Aircraft MIA Project, Warsaw |
| "From what I’ve
read of it, it seems a very well-researched piece." |
| - Gene Vandament Army Aviation, Vietnam War |
| "Very interesting reading." |
| - Nolan F. Strange B-17 / B-29 pilot, WWII and Korean War veteran |
| "That is going to be one hellava book..." |
| - Patrick A. Tillery KilroyWasHere.org |
| "Awesome read. I am enjoying it." |
| - D.J. "Duke" Dukesherer Columnist for the "Westchester Hometown News" and author |
| "A truly fascinating story with really great potential." |
| - David de Botton F-111 expert and webmaster of F-111.net |
| "I wish my father was still with us so he could share his memories of the beginning of the nuclear age, a little-known segment of which Bill Streifer has brought to light in this fascinating book about the crew of the B-29, "Hog Wild" |
| - Mark Miller son of Uline Charles Miller B-29 flight engineer during the Bikini atomic tests in 1946 |
| "What a great historical find!" |
| - Julie Ganis Curator, Eden (NC) Historical Museum |
| "...your premise sounds very real and possible." |
| - Glen Yeadon author of The Nazi Hydra in America |
| "It is well known, regarding the mercury and food chain contamination. I'm not as familiar with the yellow cake that may have been transported [to Japan] in the mercury [in the German submarine U-864], but it is compelling." |
| - Claudette Bethune Senior Scientist, Department of Seafood Safety Government of Norway |
| "I'm sure you will be a legend." |
| - Bill Copeland Commemorative Air Force (CAF) |
| "I smell Pulitzer!" |
| - Donna Bergstrom independent researcher, U.S. National Archive |
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