And the Oh, Welcome back everyone to one thousand one heroes, legends, histories and

mysteries podcast this is your host John Haggadorn. On Thursdayth, I received this email from Ivy Chen, Penguin Random House.

It read, hi John, hope your week is going well.

I wanted to reach out to you and see if there was possible interest on your end in hosting

best-selling author Carolyn Alexander on your podcast.

Carolyn is the author of the upcoming book,

Skies of Thunder, the deadly World War II mission

over the roof of the world, biking.

During a research expedition

for the National Geographic in Myanmar, Alexander discovered that the

strange jagged pieces of metal fencing off the Villagers gardens were made from pieces of

fuselage from old World War II planes and that the lush

jungle that surrounded them hit a graveyard of over 600 crashed cargo planes.

During the war the northern region of the country had witnessed some of the most intense

battles between the Allies and the Japanese, and when the ground routes were cut off,

the only way to get supplies into China was by air. The route known as the hump was the most

hazardous air route in the world and hundreds of planes would meet their end along that path.

In skies of thunder, Alexander pieces together a comprehensive history of the circumstances

surrounding this obscure campaign of World War II and the incredible feats of courage that these pilots displayed.

Well said I thought and when I got to read it non-stop adrenaline build World War II saga as far as I was concerned.

Welcome to 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories, and Mysteries Podcast, Carolyn Alexander.

Thank you so much.

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