Selasa, 07 Maret 2017

Letters Home: An Aviators Letters During WWII

An aviation cadet’s letters to his family provide a window on Army Air Forces pilot training during World War II. I recently came across a series of letters I wrote while training as a flying cadet in the U.S.  Army Air Forces. I left my home in Oakland, California, in May 1942 at 19, promising …

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