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"The Wings of Cranes and Eagles" is dedicated to my dearest friend, confidante, and Dragon Twin, Houlgate Davenport (Feb. 28, 1928 - May 12, 2000). I love you, Houlgate, with all my heart.

Friendship, flying and war... Tomiji Yoshida yearns to fly. He gets the opportunity of a lifetime when his father sends him to America to learn some discipline from a military uncle, and he makes friends with teenage pilot, Randall Parker. But before he earns his pilot's license, Tomiji's rebellious nature instead earns him a one-way ticket back to Japan. With his home country now on the brink of war, how can he save his dream of flight as well as his friendship with Randall?

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(NOTE: "Wings" is currently on hiatus, until I am once again able to access the reference material I need to continue. I apologize for the inconvenience. Please visit my other ongoing SF/espionage/adventure comic, ShadowFall.)

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Characters from "The Wings of Cranes and Eagles."

(in order of their appearance)

Tomiji

Tomiji "Tommy" Yoshida. Tomiji is small, but he has a fighter's spark in his eyes. Born in Japan, he has been sent to the USA to spend a year with his uncle, in the hope that he'll learn some discipline and manners. But he isn't interested in being an honorable warrior, like the Japanese samurai hero, Musashi Miyamoto; he'd rather be a flying cowboy, like Gary Cooper. Randall Parker

Randall "Randy" Parker. Randall is an all-American boy: blond, athletic and fun loving. He's a clean-cut boy, the epitome of 1930's youth, a sort of softening of the wildness of the 1920's young. He's also an excellent pilot who is teaching Tomiji to fly. His greatest ambition is to be a barnstormer, and he wants Tomiji to be his flying partner.

Minoru Asai. Tomiji's Issei uncle. Minoru is 38 years old, and a bachelor. He won an honorary citizenship for his service in the U.S. Army in WWI, an honor which cost him his left arm. He now runs a small but prosperous grocery store in Little Tokyo.

Kiyoko Tani. Kiyoko is Tomiji's childhood best friend. She's fifteen, but Tomiji still refers to her as "Kiyoko chan," a diminuitive usually reserved for children. She's very much in love with Tomiji, but he doesn't realize it.

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Characters from "The Wings of Cranes and Eagles."
(in order of their appearance)
Tomiji "Tommy" Yoshida. Tomiji is small, but he has a fighter's spark in his eyes. Born in Japan, he has been sent to the USA to spend a year with his uncle, in the hope that he'll learn some discipline and manners. But he isn't interested in being an honorable warrior, like the Japanese samurai hero, Musashi Miyamoto; he'd rather be a flying cowboy, like Gary Cooper.	Randall "Randy" Parker. Randall is an all-American boy: blond, athletic and fun loving. He's a clean-cut boy, the epitome of 1930's youth, a sort of softening of the wildness of the 1920's young. He's also an excellent pilot who is teaching Tomiji to fly. His greatest ambition is to be a barnstormer, and he wants Tomiji to be his flying partner.
Minoru Asai. Tomiji's Issei uncle. Minoru is 38 years old, and a bachelor. He won an honorary citizenship for his service in the U.S. Army in WWI, an honor which cost him his left arm. He now runs a small but prosperous grocery store in Little Tokyo.	Kiyoko Tani. Kiyoko is Tomiji's childhood best friend. She's fifteen, but Tomiji still refers to her as "Kiyoko chan," a diminuitive usually reserved for children. She's very much in love with Tomiji, but he doesn't realize it.