Recounts America's involvement in the air war in China during World War II and the life of Claire L. Chennault.

Includes index. Both copies have the same copyright date, content and publisher but copy 1 has 463 pages and copy 2 has 502 pages, due to font changes.

The Burma Road : back door to China -- Claire Chennault : from Louisiana swamps to China skies, 1890-1938 -- Chennault and the American Volunteer Group, 1938-1942 -- The making of a China pilot : Charlie Olsen in Panama -- The Twenty-third Fighter Group : 1942 -- The Panama Pilots' long road to China -- The Twenty-third Fighter Group : January-October 1943 -- The Twenty-third Fighter Group : November-December 1943 -- Lt. Henry I. Wood, prisoner of war -- The Twenty-third Fighter Group : 1944 -- Victory in the Far East : 1945.