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My dad was USN in WWII. Near the end of the war his ship was in port in the Philippines. Because there were still Japanese soldiers around, whenever they were ashore, the sailors were required to be armed. Most of them drew a 1911 from the Armory. Dad found an Army Air Corp sergeant who...

Trivia question: who designed the AVG emblem with the flying tiger on it?

I, too, read the Landmark book when I was a kid in the '60's. It was a great read for a kid who loved everything about WWII.

China was considered an enemy when Black Sheep Squadron was televised in the '70's, and Japan was our ally. I was in college back then and my roommate, who was a wanna-be military aviator, watched every episode.