Black Sheep : : the Life of Pappy Boyington
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"A chained animal just striding to get loose" -- "He was restless and lonesome" -- "This was real. This was war" -- "Only have to fight the Japs now" -- "I am going to save you guys" -- "We had pride; we had class; and we were winners" -- "They can't kill me" -- "I'll meet you guys in a San Diego bar" -- "I knew Greg Boyington at his best-- in combat."
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Black Sheep Squadron submitted by m steve on July 18, 2016, 7:26pm This is a quick read and a nicely balanced narrative of an American war hero.
SERIES
Library of naval biography.
PUBLISHED
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xvii, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781591149774
1591149770
SUBJECTS
Boyington, Gregory.
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography.
United States. -- Marine Fighter Squadron, 214th.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Fighter pilots -- Biography.
Marines -- Biography.
Heroes -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.