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Up And At 'Em

Here is the personal story of Colonel Harold E. Hartney, the renowned commander of the American First Pursuit Group in the First World War.

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A Canadian who originally enlisted in Britain's Royal Flying Corps, the author gives us a first-hand account of the men and machines that established military aviation as the greatest weapon of all time.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 312 pages

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