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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Foreword
INTRODUCTION
“IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME . . .”
PART I: GEORGE, JOSEPH HELLER , AND “THE BEST DAMNED BOMB GROUP THERE IS”
CHAPTER 1: GEORGE : UNWITTING ANCESTOR OF CAPTAIN WREN
AFTER THE WAR
CHAPTER 2: JOE : WHo SHARES THE SAME DNA AS YOSSARIAN
AFTER THE WAR
CHAPTER 3: THE MISSION : THE COMMON DENOMINATOR
CHAPTER 4: BILL SOLID COLONEL CATHCART SPLINTERED
NOVEMBER 13, 1944
CYCLONE STRIKES TWICE
LUCK CHANGES AT LAST
SELECTED TEXT FROM GEORGE'S SPEECH
AFTER THE WAR
CHAPTER 5: BOB : FROM NEIGHBORS ORVILLE AND WILBUR, To CATCH-22 's GENERAL DREEDLE
AFTER THE WAR
CHAPTER 6: GEORGE , AGAIN
PART II: MEET THE HEROES
WATCH HOW LIFE SEEDS ART
PART III: THE 340TH BOMB GROUP SPEAKS: TWELVE TRUE TALES
CHAPTER 7: TALE #1 PAUL GALE SPEAKS: 489TH NAVIGATOR VESUVIUS SPEAKS — WE LISTEN
CHAPTER 8: TALE #2 WARD LAITEN SPEAKS: 487TH CREW CHIEF I AM 7-K THE EARLY BIRD
CHAPTER 9: TALE #3 HERB BARCLAY SPEAKS: 488TH RADIO GUNNER CHAFF OVER THE TARGET
CHAPTER 10: TALE #4 FRANK B. DEAN SPEAKS: 380TH GROUND CREW WE LOSE THE QUESTION MARK
TARGET SARDINIA
ESCORT P-38S
ACCURATE FLAK
CHAPTER 11: TALE #5 R.M. JOHNSTON SPEAKS: 488TH PILOT SHORT SNORTER
CHAPTER 12: TALE #6 BERYL GRAUBAUGH SPEAKS: 340TH PILOT DOC FIGURES IN ONE OF MY FAVORITE WAR STORIES
CHAPTER 13: TALE #7 BEN KANOWSKY SPEAKS: 488TH PILOT AND MESS OFFICER CHARLIE
CHAPTER 14: TALE #8 HAL LYNCH SPEAKS: 489TH BOMBARDIER THE BRIDGE AT PARMA
CHAPTER 15: TALE #9 JOHN RAPP SPEAKS: 488TH & 487TH NAVIGATOR PETRIFIED WITH FEAR
CHAPTER 16: TALE #10 DAVID MERSHON SPEAKS: 487TH THE SAGA OF 7-F WILLIE
CHAPTER 17: TALE #11 FRANK B. DEAN SPEAKS: 380TH GROUND CREW A LADY LEAVES THE 310TH
CHAPTER 18: TALE #12 OLEN BERRY SPEAKS: 489TH GROUND CREW BRIEFING TIME (9-D)
INTERESTING FACTS SOME COLORFUL MEMBERS OF THE 57TH BOMB WING
DONALD K. (DEKE) SLAYTON: WORLD WAR II PILOT
AFTER THE WAR: DEKE SLAYTON, NASA ASTRONAUT
DITA BEARD: WORLD WAR II RED CROSS GIRL
AFTER THE WAR: DITA DAVIS BEARD, ITT LOBBYIST
LIEUTENANT JACK JOSEPH VALENTI: WORLD WAR II PILOT WITH THE 321ST
AFTER THE WAR: JACK VALENTI, LONGTIME PRESIDENT OF THE MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
NICHOLAS KATZENBACH: NAVIGATOR WITH 486TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 340TH IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY.
AFTER THE WAR: NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
LIEUTENANT JOSEPH HELLER: WORLD WAR II WING BOMBARDIER
AFTER THE WAR: JOSEPH HELLER, SATIRICAL NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER AND PLAYWRIGHT
DALE ARDEN: 488TH SQUADRON INSIGNIA
AFTER THE WAR: THIS DALE ARDEN SQUADRON INSIGNIA RESIDES IN GEORGE'S CLOSET.
AFTERWORD AUTHOR
APPENDIX A: GEORGE's MISSION BOOK
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
APPENDIX B: TRAINING DURING COMBAT
ENDNOTES
Acknowledgments
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