Pilot Was One of the Last Surviving Flying Tigers

In today's Washington Post we learned that Air Force Major General Charles R. Bond Jr. passed away. He was one of the last Flying Tigers. In 1996, a day after the 55th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Air Force awarded 255 Distinguished Flying Crosses to surviving members of the Flying Tigers or their families. Gen. Bond told reporters that the Distinguished Flying Cross he received that day was one of the greatest honors of his life.