Mig Alley to Mu Ghia Pass : Memoirs of a Korean War Ace Paperback / softback

Cecil Foster was born in Midland County, Michigan, on August 30, 1925.

He endured economic and emotional hardship during his youth, living in a poor environment, losing his mother before he was six, and being separated from his brothers, sisters, and father.

He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 as a private at the height of the World War II buildup and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant colonel.

During his 32 years with the Air Force, Foster served in several different capacities - pilot, celestial navigator, radar-navigator-bombardier, intercept director, and squadron commander.

A major focus of this work is Foster's Air Force career in the Korean War where he was one of the highest-scoring aces of the air war.

His record of nine MiGs destroyed places him 12 on a list of 38 aces.

Every one of the aircraft he destroyed was shot down in the area known as ""MiG Alley,"" a smali section of airspace along the Yalu River, which separated North Korea from China.