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History Matters: Army Air Force aces of World War II inspired the historian in me

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.

Published September 1, 2015 at 7:45 AM CDT

Commentator Gary Joiner pens homage to the Army Air Forces 4^th Fighter Group. Growing up in the 1950s, his passion for historical research was born out of the stories of these distinguished fighter pilots.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.

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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.

Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”

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