new & improved for October

New & improved at the Warbird's Forum for October:

* A review of a superlative new book about the Iraq war: "The March
Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division." The lead author is
Bing West--fine writer, marine veteran, and former assistant secretary
of defense. www.warbirdforum.com/marchup.htm

* And another review: "The Warthog and the Close Air Support Debate"
by George Campbell, a stolid but interesting history by a former Hog
driver. www.warbirdforum.com/warthog.htm (There's also a story about
Kim Campbell--I don't think she's any relation--who on a mission over
Baghdad discovered just how much damage an A-10 can take and still
bring its pilot home.)

* A bunch of AVG Flying Tiger stuff: an update on the P-40 that's to
be lifted from Lake Kunming, now set for November; a photo of the Hump
Bar in Kunming; a translation of a Chinese web page about Claire
Chennault; and the final chapter in the JAAF attacks on Rangoon in
December 1941, newly translated from the Japanese.

And other tweaks and improvements.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com

Cub Driver writes:

* A bunch of AVG Flying Tiger stuff: an update on the P-40 that's to
be lifted from Lake Kunming, now set for November; a photo of the Hump
Bar in Kunming; a translation of a Chinese web page about Claire
Chennault; and the final chapter in the JAAF attacks on Rangoon in
December 1941, newly translated from the Japanese.

Dan, the contents of your page are truly awesome. It is a rare good
fortune for non-Japanese readers to have such information available as
you publish there on the IJAAF's war in CBI.

Best wishes,
--
G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan