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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

ISBN: 978-1-4222-3359-7 (hc) ISBN: 978-1-4222-8599-2 (ebook)

Major US Historical Wars series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3352-8

About the Author: Earle Rice Jr. is the author of more than 60 books. He served honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantry unit leader for nine years. Earle is listed in Who's Who in America and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the League of World War I Aviation Historians, the United States Naval Institute, the Air Force Association, and the Disabled American Veterans. Picture Credits: Everett Historical: 42; Library of Congress: 13, 37, 39; Lyndon B. Johnson Library photo: 29, 31, 33, 47, 48; National Archives: 16, 17, 21, 23, 27, 34, 41, 44, 49, 53; Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: 52, 55; OTTN Publishing: 24; used under license from Shutterstock, Inc.: 10, 11; U.S. Air Force photo: 9, 26, 35, 50, 54; U.S. Army photo: 1, 7, 40; U.S. Marine Corps photo: 45; U.S. Navy photo: 32; Vietnam: 15, 19.