Every Inch a Soldier - Augustine Warner Robins bio book HBDJ

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Item Description: I am selling the book EVERY INCH A SOLDIER -- AUGUSTINE WARNER ROBINS AND THE BUILDING OF U.S. AIRPOWER by William Head, copyright and published in 1995. This is a stated First Edition. The book measures approximately 6" x 9-1/2" and is 289 pages long. Both the hardbound book and the dust jacket are in like-new condition. This volume was published by the Texas A&M University Press. Black-and-white photos illustrate the text. <P>Who was Warner Robins, for whom an Air Force base in Georgia was named? "To write a story about General Robins is to write about the 'old days'" his widow has remarked, "for Warner Robins was not in the Air Force as it is today." No, but he helped to <I>form</I> the Air Force as it is today. His professional life developed along with the air service during that brave and daring era between the two world wars. <P>As a West Point cadet (1903-1907), Augustine Warner Robins numbered among his classmates and friends Hap Arnold and Frank Andrews. As a young officer, he fought under Black Jack Pershing in Mexico and met a young George Patton and Ben Foulois. As a senior officer, he worked with such luminaries of the day as Charles A. Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, Lester Maitland, Orville Wright, and Billy Mitchell. <P>Even more significantly, during his career he was instrumental in developing the first official and workable Air Force supply maintenance and accountability system. He helped establish official guidelines for training of logistics officers, NCOs, and civilians working for the Army Air Corps. <P>Robins' life provides, through his thousands of letters, telephone transcripts, and other primary materials, a unique window on the interwar period, and especially on the history of aviation in America. Through his eyes, the events and personalities of the 1920s and 1930s -- which shaped the Air Force of World War II and the Cold War -- come into sharp focus. <P>If shipping within the USA, buyer will pay $3.75 for media mail s/h. Payment can be made by money order or through PayPal. <P>I sell used books. The items come from many different sources and may have been exposed to pet, smoke or other odors in a previous home.

Every Inch a Soldier - Augustine Warner Robins bio book HBDJ

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Every Inch a Soldier - Augustine Warner Robins bio book HBDJ

Price $24.95

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