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Fighter pilot the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds

Olds, Robin 1922-2007 (Author). Olds, Christina. (Added Author). Rasimus, Ed. (Added Author). Dean, Robertson. (Added Author).

Summary: "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 22 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 wasn'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"--Publisher's description.

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  • ISBN: 9781441737007 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 1441737006 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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  • Publisher: Ashland : Blackstone Audio, 2010.

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General Note:
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 17:02:45.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Robertson Dean.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 244999 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Olds, Robin -- 1922-2007
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Generals -- United States -- Biography
Genre: Audiobooks.

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