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Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

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Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
- The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds
The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds
Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22â€”and an ace with 12 aerial victories.
But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Proving he wasnâ€™t a WWII retread, he led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace.
Olds (who retired a brigadier general and died in 2007) was a unique individual whose personal story is one of the most eagerly anticipated military books of the year.
Country USA
Brand St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer St. Martin's Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2010-04-13
UnitCount 1
UPCs 000312560230
EANs 0000312560230

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