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  . "valley of the shadow of death" ... a better translation is "darkest valley"
  . green pastures, protections, comforts, no retributions, no punishments - how is that ominous?
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The Aviators


  • p010-011 map of Pacific Theater 1942
    • Palau 134°W 7°N was colonized by the Spanish, sold to Germany in 1899, annexed by Japan in 1914, captured by US in 1944, independent in 1981, Lorraine Smith moved there with US Peace Corps


  • p012 ch 1: These Three Men


  • p018 ch 2: The King of Dirt

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    • "valley of the shadow of death" ... a better translation is "darkest valley"
    • green pastures, protections, comforts, no retributions, no punishments - how is that ominous?


  • p039 ch 3: The Man with the Outside Loop


  • p063 ch 4: Can Those Be Stars


  • p084 ch 5. Air Combat is Not Sport, It Is Scientific Murder



  • p161 ch 7: Man's Greatest Enemy in the Air

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  • p186 ch 8: I Was Saved for Some Good Purpose

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  • p226 ch 9: An Inspiration in a Grubby World

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  • p264 ch 10: His Halo Turned into a Noose

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  • p301 ch 11: The Raid


  • p342 ch 12: We Were Slowly Rotting Away



  • p417 ch 14: Masters of the Sky


Aviators (last edited 2026-07-04 04:43:53 by KeithLofstrom)