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The Flying Tigers : Chennault's American volunteer group in China
- Title
- The Flying Tigers : Chennault's American volunteer group in China / Braxton Eisel.
- Author
- Eisel, Braxton.
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.] : Air Force History and Museums Program : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2009?]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JAX B-21606 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
- Description
- 36 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Chennault's American volunteer group in China
- Subject
- Note
- Cover title.
- Shipping list no.: 2009-0328-P.
- U.S. G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JAX B-21606
- ISBN
- 9780160817298 (pbk.)
- 0160817293 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 405600899
- Author
- Eisel, Braxton.
- Title
- The Flying Tigers : Chennault's American volunteer group in China / Braxton Eisel.
- Imprint
- [Washington, D.C.] : Air Force History and Museums Program : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2009?]
- Edition
- Air Force sixtieth anniversary commemorative ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
- Gpo Item No.
- 0422-M-01
- Sudoc No.
- D 301.82/7:C 42
- Research Call Number
- JAX B-21606