Scott O Grady's Basher Five-Two

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The Book that I read was Basher Five-Two this Book is about true story and is a good book to read. Scott O'Grady is the main character in the book he is a amazing F-16 pilot but then he eventually he gets shot down he was piloting a F-16 fighter jet. He heroically survived when he landed on Enemy grounds for six days. It was brutal for him he had to eat ants and drink water from his socks. He barely had any radio battery life. His plane got shot down by Serbian missile. His mission was a peacekeeping mission but eventually the jet got shot down and he barely made it out a alive. What was very interesting about the book was that in his childhood he spent all his time in military training. I really like this book this book was very exciting

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