Battles Forgotten - George Vardaman

Two Texas brothers flee their outlandish family, poverty and abuse and join the military before World War II to maintain U.S. fighter planes. 

A Swedish chef, singing Haitian pilot and Free French Bedouin are their comrades. 

While the home-front is poignant and humor is at heart of this book, it is also a commentary on poverty, faith, war, race and survival.