Here, in his own words, is the true story of America's wildest flying hero, of his extraordinary heroism, and of his greatest battle of all—the fight to survive.
The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep Squadron. The legendary Marine Corps officer and his bunch of misfits, outcasts, and daredevils gave new definition to “hell-raising”—on the ground and in the skies.
Pappy himself was a living legend—he personally shot down twenty-eight Japanese planes, and won the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. He broke every rule in the book doing so, but when he fell into the hands of the vengeful Japanese his real ordeal began.
- ISBN10 040503752X
- ISBN13 9780405037528
- Publish Date 1 January 1972 (first published 1 January 1977)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Arno Press Inc.,N.Y.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English