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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bill Reed's Tomahawk

A replica of Bill Reed's Tomahawk goes on display at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum this month, part of a display that honors four Iowans who served with the American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/IowaNationalGuard

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I started this blog because something of the sort was required of students at King's College London in its online M.A. program in War in the Modern World. Of course it proved to be addictive. So here I am, long since graduated (M.A. 2010) but still blogging. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

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Looking Back From Ninety: The Depression, the War, and the Good Life That Followed: Only in America! The remarkable story of a first-generation American growing up in poverty, working his way through college, and finding success in the golden years following the Second World War. Buy it at Amazon

Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942

Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers: "The exciting story of this legendary fighting force that wore American uniforms but Chinese insignia.... Every page contains a new tidbit of information and rich, long-forgotten detail." (WWII magazine) Buy it at Amazon

Poland's Daughter - How I Met Basia, Hitchhiked to Italy, and Learned About Love, War, and Exile Read more here

Remains - A story of the Flying Tigers and the battle for Burma, 1941-1942. "A cracking good yarn" (Air & Space Smithsonian) Read more here

Cowboy: The Interpreter Who Became a Soldier, Warlord, and One More Casualty of Our War in Vietnam. He was handsome, courageous, and cruel, and in the end he was murdered by his own side. Read more here

A Vision So Noble: John Boyd, the OODA Loop, and America's War on Terror - From fighter pilot to military strategist. How would John Boyd have coped with Osama bin Laden? Read more here

Incident at Muc Wa: The Vietnam novel that inspired the acclaimed Burt Lancaster movie, Go Tell the Spartans. Read more here

Michael's War: Two rebels in the County Cork, 1916-1923. Read more here

The Lady and the Tigers: Olga Greenlaw's 1942 account of her year with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China. Read more here

The Country Northward: A Hiker's Journal - on the trail in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Read more here

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bill Reed's Tomahawk

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