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Army Air Corps

The famed aviator recalls the dramatic bombing raid he led on Tokyo early in World War II.

The planes were fragile and the Boche was tough, but the girls were pretty, the wine was good, and death was something that happened to someone else

George Churchill Keimey is one of America’s most distinguished military men.

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