WAY OF A FIGHTER: The Memoirs Of Claire Lee Chennault. [By The Founder Of The "A

by CHENNAULT, Claire L. [edited By Robert Hotz]

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Tucson [1991], Thorvardson. Green cloth, 375p.,end paper map dust jacket in mylar,18 b.w. photos, 15 x 22 cm. VERY RARE & SIGNED PRESENTATION BY DAVID "TEX" HILL, WITH HIS INIVATION CARD TO HIS D.S.O. PARTY MAY 15, 2002. *RARE SIGNED EDITION* . *** **** *** . .SPECIAL LIMITED, SIGNED & NUMBERED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES . . . SPECIAL DAVID LEE "TEX" HILL'S LONG PRESENTATION COPY . . .TO A FELLOW U.S. NAVY "SHIPMATE-IN-ARMS" CARL 'TIG' NEWTON . . .*** ISSUED IN A LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES *** . . . MAJOR GENERAL CHENNAULT'S PERSONAL DISSERTATION . . . ON HIS BURMA & CHINA SERVICE & THE ROLE HE PLAYED IN . . . WORLD WAR 2 IN CHINA: . . . HIS "AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP" ["AVG"] & "FLYING TIGERS" . . . AMERICAN FIGHTER PILOTS ATTACKS ON JAPANESE FROM: . . KUNMING, LIUCHOW [LIUZHOU], KWEILIN [GUILIN], . . CHONGKING, CHENTU, YUNNANYI, CHANYI, HANKOW, NANKING, . . LINGLING, HENGYANG, PAOCHING, CHIHKIANG, KWEIYANG, . . KWANGNAN, HUAIHUA & MANY OTHER SMALL AIRFIELDS . . THROUGHOUT CHINA . * Claire Lee Chennault [1893-1958] was America's greatest American fighter pilot and air strategist of World War II. Due to his great skill at out-thinking his enemy American losses were minimal compared to the nearly 3000 Japanese aircraft shot down by the "A.V.G." & "FLYING TIGERS" throughout China. . *** SPECIAL EDITION: SIGNED BY "A.V.G." ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] & "FLYING TIGER" fighter pilot David Lee "Tex" Hill [1915-2007], a triple Ace with 18.25 confirmed Japanese airplane 'kil

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