tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post7877800006798805463..comments2024-03-28T13:18:10.107+00:00Comments on Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Chinese Photo Lightnings ~ A Wandering TaleStraggler 脱走兵http://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-16446633793286892552012-03-25T04:49:34.930+01:002012-03-25T04:49:34.930+01:00You brought quite a smile to my face too Straggler...You brought quite a smile to my face too Straggler. I too recall a childhood where cheap, historical paperback abounded, we were blessed I suppose. I recall the opening of a local bookstore at the shopping mall in the little town where I grew up in '72. It was there where I cast my eye upon my first Ballentine Illustrated War series book. After that time, what money I could earn or scrape up that didn't go for kits, went for these, some of which I still have. <br />when my son expressed an interest in historical aviation, I made sure to find him two copies of books I constantly had checked out of the library, which he still has. <br /><br />WarrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-85505027278806618252012-03-24T18:14:02.188+00:002012-03-24T18:14:02.188+00:00No apologies necessary; your description of this b...No apologies necessary; your description of this blog does, after all, contain the words "Japan and the Far East".<br />I thoroughly enjoyed the post. Having recently read Shores' "Air War for Burma", my head is still very much engaged in that part of the world when it comes to matters aeronautical.Harold Knoreply@blogger.com