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020    $a 0160817293 (pbk.)
020    $a 9780160817298 (pbk.)
035    $a (OCoLC)405600899
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100 1  $a Eisel, Braxton.
245 1  $a The Flying Tigers : $b Chennault's American volunteer group in China / $c Braxton Eisel.
246 30 $a Chennault's American volunteer group in China
250    $a Air Force sixtieth anniversary commemorative ed.
260    $a [Washington, D.C.] : $b For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., $c [2009?]
300    $a 36 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm.
500    $a Cover title.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references.
500    $a U.S. G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.
520    $a Product Description:  They volunteered. For a variety of reasons-patriotic, altruistic, mercenary, or just "for the hell of it"-nearly three hundred U.S. servicemen and a couple of female nurses volunteered to fight a war in a place they knew little about. Recruited at military bases around the country, the members of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) set off for the unknown in the summer and fall of 1941. While U.S. support for the Allied cause was growing at a steady pace, most Americans still felt distanced from the conflict enveloping Europe and Asia and did not want to go to war. At the highest levels of the government, however, entering the war appeared inevitable. The AVG was one way of gaining experience in this vicious war, while increasing support for the nations fighting the Axis powers. Despite incredible odds against them from numerically superior Japanese forces and a near complete lack of supply and replacement parts, they took the first successful fight to the Japanese during a time of Japan's unrelenting successes. It was not pretty, and their legend has eclipsed the reality, but the reality of the AVG is still an amazing story. Led by Claire Lee Chennault, they made history.
650  0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z China.
650  0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Burma.
650  0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American.
600 10 $a Chennault, Claire Lee, $d 1893-1958.
610 10 $a China. $b American Volunteer Group. $b American Volunteer Group.
710 2  $a Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
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