ARNOLD, H.H.
Global Mission.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
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First Edition of Global Mission; Inscribed by General of the Air Force H.H. "Hap" Arnold
First edition of the memoir of General of the Air Force H.H. "Hap" Arnold, the father of the modern United States Air Force and the only man ever to hold five-star rank in two branches of the armed forces, his sweeping account of the rise of American air power. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to two fellow airmen, "To Jack and Claudia Upston. May you get as much pleasure out of reading this book as I did in writing it because Jack helped to make Air History. To two air veterans from H.H. Arnold. 6 Oct. 49." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Global Mission is the autobiography of General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, one of the towering figures in the history of American aviation. Taught to fly by the Wright brothers themselves, Arnold became one of the earliest military aviators in the United States and rose to command the United States Army Air Forces throughout the Second World War, directing the vast air campaigns over Europe and the Pacific. He was the principal architect of American air power and remains the only officer ever to hold five-star rank in two branches of the armed forces, as General of the Army and later General of the Air Force. This candid memoir traces the story of his life and of the development of the air arm from its infancy to global dominance.
Global Mission.
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