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Re: Flying Tigers

At 01:07 AM 1/30/02 -0600, Donald McElfresh wrote:
>Not all the Tigers went into the USAF.  The real Tigers were the six month
>AVG, weren't they?
>

Absolutely.  I forget the exact number, but few of the AVG personnel went
into the 23rd FG.  Most returned to the States and were re-integrated into
the military there.  But the unit heritage was carried over to the 23rd FG.

Marc

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