The Flying Tigers: Chennault's American Volunteer Group in China

by U.S. Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Military, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508575746
• ISBN13: 9781508575740
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"