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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Preface
Chronology
Chapter One - “A Chained Animal Just Striding to Get Loose”
“Christmas day was repulsive to me”
“He can’t be beat”
“There’s an airplane gonna land!”
“I wanted to unchain this little airplane”
“To fly the best aircraft that were auailable”
“He just loued to fly”
“Along came my answer”
Chapter Two - “He Was Restless and Lonesome”
“The people are filled with disquiet”
“I would be certainly free of debt”
“Appointments of the ships are excellent”
“He has... been well oiled since the trip hegan”
“An entomologist’s paradise”
“Two strikes against him”
“A person who commanded respect”
“My postgraduate school of fighter tactics”
‘What’s the matter, Captain?”
“Don’t become too attached to any of these kids”
Chapter Three - “This Was Real. This Was War”
‘Things are really popping”
“Damn, but we wanted to be with them”
‘The hottest of hot stuff”
“Damn it to hell. Stuck here”
“All I do is sit around and wait”
“Devils in the sky and gods on the ground”
‘The streets were filled with the dead”
“Our reception was very cool”
“As fine a team as Notre Dame ever was”
Chapter Four - “Only Have to Fight the Japs Now”
“I’m getting out of this comic-opera outfit”
“I have resigned”
“This tyrant had to be taught a lesson”
“I could not beg my way into an active squadron”
“Bent-wing widow maker”
Chapter Five - “I Am Going to Save You Guys”
‘We need an aggressive combat leader”
“I was there to coach them”
“Can I do what he is doing?”
“The scourge of the Japanese air force”
“A born aviator”
“Zeros spilled out of the clouds”
“Becoming a living legend”
Chapter Six - “We Had Pride; We Had Class; and We Were Winners”
“3 Zeros in less than 60 seconds”
“This was aggression, Pappy style”
“The hunters had become the hunted”
“Gambler’s guts”
“Boyington was far ahead”
“The vigil must be unceasing”
“It’s up to me to teach him”
“We were the Black Sheep Squadron”
“Pappy made me feel secure”
Chapter Seven - “They Can’t Kill Me”
“He’s the best combat pilot we’ve got”
“We intercepted whatever was coming at us”
“Just let me run this show my own way”
“Why don’t you guys leave me alone?”
“The inuincible lion had disappeared”
“If it moved, it got shot”
“You’re not allowed to speak”
Chapter Eight - “I’ll Meet You Guys in a San Diego Bar”
“Intimidation camp”
“One of this war’s sky legends”
“You just get through it”
“If Pappy’s here, we’re all gonna make it”
“Dispose of them as the situation dictates”
“They’re our boys-now go and get them out”
Chapter Nine - “I Knew Greg Boyington at His Best—in Combat”
“You absolutely must control the booze”
“I’ve been rankled by the top gun‘title”
“I was a nasty, quarrelsome drunk”
“As phony as a three-dollar bill”
“An unusual sight”
“Tell Pappythat we love him”
“Some men step forward and lead”
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Copyright Page
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