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Republic of China Air Force Personnel - Charles Bond, Kwon KI-Ok, Tang Fei, Sergey Gritsevets, Arthur Chin, Louie Yim-Qun (Paperback)
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Republic of China Air Force Personnel - Charles Bond, Kwon KI-Ok, Tang Fei, Sergey Gritsevets, Arthur Chin, Louie Yim-Qun (Paperback)
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Chapters: Charles Bond, Kwon Ki-Ok, Tang Fei, Sergey Gritsevets,
Arthur Chin, Louie Yim-Qun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not
illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial
membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from
more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Charles Rankin
Bond, Jr. (April 22, 1915 August 18, 2009) was an American pilot
and U.S. Air Force officer. He served with the Flying Tigers in
Burma and China during World War II. He was shot down twice and was
credited with shooting down nine-and-a-half Japanese planes. He
later served in the Soviet Union as an aide and personal pilot to
Averill Harriman. He rose to the level of Brigadier General and,
during the Vietnam War, he was the deputy commanding officer of the
2nd Air Division in Vietnam and the 13th Air Force in the
Philippines. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1968 as the
commander of the Twelfth Air Force. In 1984, Bond's diary of his
service with the Flying Tigers was published and became a
best-seller. Bond was born in Dallas, Texas. He was the son of
Charles R. Bond, Sr., and Magnolia Turner Bond. His father operated
a small business painting and hanging wall paper. Bond was an honor
student in high school and a participant in the Reserve Officer
Training Corps. He joined the Texas National Guard while he was a
junior in high school. Bond's family could not afford to send him
to college. In 1935, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and enrolled in a
West Point preparatory program hoping to be selected to attend the
U.S. Military Academy. When he did not secure a spot in West Point,
he returned home and worked for his father in the painting
business. In 1938, Bond learned of a program through which high
school graduates could take an examination in lieu of college for
acceptance as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He passed the
exam and reported to Randolph Field for pilot training. Bond
completed the pr...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2428593
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Books + Company
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2010 |
First published: |
September 2010 |
Editors: |
Books Llc
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Creators: |
Books Llc
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Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 2mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
28 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-156-96052-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-156-96052-5 |
Barcode: |
9781156960523 |
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