TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH: A PILOT'S LIFE THROUGH WAR AND PEACE by James "Paladin" Fore & Larry Jacks Skyward Press, 1996 Condition: Near Fine in VG+ dj Perhaps the youngest pilot ever to graduate from an American military flight training program, Captain James Fore witnessed and survived some of the most horrific events of the 20th century. Captured and sentenced to death by the Gestapo during WWII, later flying hundreds of dangerous supply missions in defenseless airplanes over Laos until his plane was shot down -- these are just some of the harrowing experiences he describes in this book. This copy is signed and inscribed by Fore. A pamphlet documenting the signing is laid in. There is a small white spot at the bottom of the FC and a small blue stain on the top front page edges. The jacket has some rubbing and flaking.