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01643aam a2200253 4500 001 B8563B24332911ED9E74557829ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220913010112 020 $a 0399564152 020 $a 9780399564154 040 $d SILO 100 $a Kleiner, Sam 245 $a The Flying Tigers: $b The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan 246 $a The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan 250 $a Paperback Edition 264 1 $a New York, NY $b Penguin Publishing Company $c 2018 300 $a 294 pages $b illustrations $c cm $e Paperback 520 $a Sam Kleiners The Flying Tigers uncovers the hidden story of the group of young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending China. Led by legendary army pilot Claire Chennault, these men left behind an America still at peace in the summer of 1941 using false identities to travel across the Pacific to a run-down airbase in the jungles of Burma. In the wake of the disaster at Pearl Harbor this motley crew was the first group of Americans to take on the Japanese in combat, shooting down hundreds of Japanese aircraft in the skies over Burma, Thailand, and China. At a time when the Allies were being defeated across the globe, the Flying Tigers exploits gave hope to Americans and Chinese alike. 521 8 $a Adult 650 $a War Against Japan 008 s2018 941 $a 1 952 $l LEPI975 $d 20231006013402.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B8563B24332911ED9E74557829ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search