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Flying Tigers : Claire Chennault and his American volunteers, 1941-1942 by Daniel Ford is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p> During World War II, in the skies over Rangoon, Burma, a handful of American pilots met and bloodied the "Imperial Wild Eagles" of Japan and in turn won immortality as the Flying Tigers. One of America's most famous combat forces, the Tigers were recruited to defend beleaguered China for $600 a month and a bounty of $500 for each Japanese plane they shot down—fantastic money in an era when a Manhattan hotel room cost three dollars a night. </p> <p> To bring his prize-winning history of the A
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Daniel Ford
- Publisher
- HarperCollins|Smithsonian Books; Smithsonian Books/Collins
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780061246555
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.95 / 5 (172 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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