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Fighter pilot, the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds, Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus

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Fighter pilot

Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus

the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds

A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of twenty-two--a double ace with twelve aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He motivated a dejected group of pilots by placing himself under junior officers and challenging them to train him properly. He led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills and becoming a rare triple ace.