After Mr Neal's brother died, he used that research and his own to tell their uncle's story in a book By Glider to Normandy ...

retired WWII glider pilot Lt. Col. Al Hulstrunk noted that "You would think you were in a popcorn machine — you would hear pop, pop, pop, and you would say, 'Oh, they are shooting at us.' ...

were among hundreds who "volunteered" for glider service. "If we didn't volunteer, we were told we'd never fly again and be ...