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Location: Livonia, Michigan
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Signed By: Kemp McLaughlin
Book Title: Mighty Eighth in WWII : a Memoir
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Item Length: 9 in
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2000
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Illustrator: Yes
Item Height: 0.8 in
Author: J. Kemp Mclaughlin
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Aviation, Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat, Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Aircraft, Air Force, Combat, Memoir, Military History, True Military Stories, World War II, Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military / Aviation, Military, B-17
Subjects: History & Military
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
