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Table of Contents:

• "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."

Author/Creator:

Wukovits, John F., 1944-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Black sheep: the life of Pappy Boyington [by Wukovits, J.F.]

Related Series:

Library of naval biography

Subjects:

Boyington, Gregory

World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Oceania

World War, 1939-1945 — Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

Fighter pilots — United States — Biography

Marines — United States — Biography

United States Marine Corps — Biography

United States Marine Fighter Squadron, 214th

Heroes — United States — Biography

Prisoners of war — Japan — Biography

Boyington, Gregory, 1912-1988

United States Marine Corps

World War (1939-1945)

1939-1945

Military campaigns

Fighter pilots

Heroes

Prisoners of war

Marines

Oceania

Japan

United States

Genres:

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.

Physical Description:

xvii, 249 pages16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

D790.473 214th .W85 2011

ISBNs:

9781591149774 (hbk.)
1591149770 (hbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010044509

OCLC Numbers:

671386349