Korean American Pioneer Aviators - The Willows Airmen

Informationen zum Autor By Edward T. Chang and Woo Sung Han Klappentext This is the untold story of the brave Korean men who took to the skies more than twenty years before the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II. It identifies the first Korean aviator and ties the origin of the Korean Air Force to the Korean American community who started the Willows Aviation School in 1920. Zusammenfassung This is the untold story of the brave Korean men who took to the skies more than twenty years before the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II. It identifies the first Korean aviator and ties the origin of the Korean Air Force to the Korean American community who started the Willows Aviation School in 1920. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Koreans in America: from Farmers to Independence ActivistsIntroduction: Journey to Willows: Korean Independence, Nationalism, & ExileChapter 1: Establishing the Willows Aviation School: Battling Three FrontsChapter 2: Setting the Record Straight: the School and its MembersChapter 3: Korean and American Aviation HistoryChapter 4: Notable Korean American Pilots, Independence Activists, and OrganizationsChapter 5: Furled Wings: Carrying on the MissionEpilogue: From Willows to Seoul: Last Flight of Park Hee-sung

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• Authors: Edward T Chang, Edward T. Chang, Edward T. Han Chang, Edward Taehan Chang, Edward Taehan Han Chang, Woo Sung Han, Han Woo Sung
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2015
• EAN: 9781498502641
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0264-1
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Korea, Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, Air forces & warfare, United States of America, USA, Air forces and warfare, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General