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Army Air Force pilot Jim Muri flew his torpedo-equipped B-26 bomber on a daring mission of survival that helped win the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He and his crew were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery, a distinction second only to the Medal of Honor. Lieutenant Colonel Muri, his rank upon retirement, became a househod name to a nation yearing for heroes in the dark early months of World War II. Muri grew up during the Great Depression as the second oldest child of a family of nine on a ranch in drought-stricken Eastern Montana. He decided he wanted a better life than he probably could have had had he followed in the footsteps of his father, a first-generation Norwegian immigrant. Jim caught the flying bug in high school, pursued his dream of becoming a pilot and survived an iconic mission in the Pacific that helped turn the tide of battle in World War II. His story serves as an example of dream, purpose and passion fulfilled. It resonates today and can provide an inspiration to readers in all walks of life.

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Author Dennis Gaub retired in 2017 after a 45-year professional career that included 25 years as a reporter and editor for newspapers in four states, including Montana where he worked for the state's largest newspaper, the Billings Gazette. He also worked in the software industry as a proposal manager for a decade. He earned a journalism degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Montana. He is married and has two sons. A native Montanan, he attended high school in Miles City, Montana, until his junior year, at the same school where the subject of Midway Bravery, Jim Muri, was educated in the 1930s.

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