title: Weapons of the Eighth Air Force
author:  Frederick A Johnsen 
description: Battle Gear Series (Weapons of Delta Force 0-7603-1139-0) <br /> Complete descriptions of all Eighth Air Force combat aircraft: B-17, B-24, P-38, P-47, P-51, other bombers, fighters as well as transports and obscure aircraft. <br /> Hardcover with full color profiles depicting paint schemes and markings, along with archival black and white photos and gun camera shots. <br /> Hand-painted aircraft profiles by acclaimed artist Sonny Schung. <br /> Frederick A. Johnsen has authored six other books detailing WWII era and modern combat aircraft.
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  The Marshal of Magic
  
  
  Guns and Magic
  
  
  by
  
  
  Chris Lowry
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  @copyright 2017
  
  
  Grand Ozarks Media
  
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  GUNS AND MAGIC
  
  
  1
  
  
  The Chinook flew in low and heavy over the Kyber Pass, the whirring blades
  cracking the silent dawn air and revealing to every person in the area their
  exact location.
  
  
  The belly was filled with seven men, covered head to toe in black combat
  fatiques, faces hidden behind baklavas, short barreled MP-5’s cradled against
  their chests.
  
  
  They sat silent, stoic as two men manned the giant M-60 mini guns pointed out
  of the windows.
  
  
  The seventh man sat apart from the rest and even though he was dressed exactly
  the same, he was in fact, different.
  
  
  The man, this soldier in SEAL combat gear was in fact a wizard.
  
  
  More than a wizard, he was a combat trained Magus, CTM embedded with a Special
  Operations Group comprised of Navy Seals.
  
  
  His name was Davees MacAlroy and 