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	Thanks for the Memories: a Novel of the SW Pacific Air War July-September 1942 (No Merciful War Book 4) 4.59 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything We Had (No Merciful War, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 1,127 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Snowball's Chance (No Merciful War, #2) 4.53 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoestring's End: a Novel of the SW Pacific Air War Dec 1942 - March 1943 (No Merciful War Book 6) 4.46 avg rating — 1,019 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boxcar Red Leader: A Novel of the Pacific Air War May 1942 (No Merciful War Book 3) 4.60 avg rating — 977 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Kids: A Novel of the Air War on the Home Front August-September 1942 (No Merciful War Book 5) 4.23 avg rating — 991 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Live in Fame: A Novel of the European Air War, February-June 1943 (No Merciful War Book 7) 4.52 avg rating — 554 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing with Angels: a Novel of the SW Pacific Air War March-May 1943 (No Merciful War Book 8) 4.61 avg rating — 499 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nos Credimus: A novel of the air war on the home front February and May 1943 (No Merciful War Book 9) 4.45 avg rating — 84 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Struggles: Short Fiction 2.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nos Credimus Available on Kindle

I finally finished the ninth novel in the “No Merciful War” series: Nos Credimus: A novel of the Air War on the Home Front February and May 1943. As the title above states, you can grab it on Kindle.

This book took me a little over two years to write, which in some respects seems like a long time. I even wondered if my productivity was falling off, and it might be. On the other hand, in the course

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― Tom Burkhalter, Boxcar Red Leader: A Novel of the Pacific Air War May 1942

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“This is who I was, when I was with them.”
― Tom Burkhalter, We Live in Fame: A Novel of the European Air War, February-June 1943

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“Flying a multi-engined airplane had its own brand of fun and its own rewards, but it also carried responsibilities to a crew and a mission and a parent organization that the little Waco simply did not.”
― Tom Burkhalter, We Live in Fame: A Novel of the European Air War, February-June 1943

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