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World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945--Posters
A poster used in World War II featuring a happy, heroic pilot trying to get others to join his cause in fighting the enemy.
Office of War Information
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
1942
Uploaded to Omeka by Alex Shaner, December 7, 2016.
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Fighting Filipino pilot. Manila.
Villamor, Jesus A., 1914-1971
Captain Jesus Villamor, commanding officer of the 6th Pursuit Squadron, Philippine Army Air Corps, is pictured getting out of plane after returning from a flight to Batangas Field. The youth, who leads a daredevil squadron of six Filipino pilots in erstwhile training planes who took on fifty-four Japanese air raiders over Batangas and shot down two, said he "got so mad" he forgot to be scared. One of the Filipino pilots was wounded and parachuted to safety and another was killed, Captain Villamor said, when seven Japanese planes "rode him down." He is the son of the late associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court and trained as a pilot at Randolph and Kelly Fields
The Library of Congress
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
1943 Mar.
Uploaded to Omeka by student, Fall 2016.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oem2002008078/PP/
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Fighting Filipino Pilot of World War II