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Indestructible - One Man's Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of WWII (Paperback)
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Indestructible - One Man's Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of WWII (Paperback)
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When hostilities erupted in December 1941, Pappy Gunn was living in
Manila with his family, working as a manager for Philippine
Airlines. Unfortunately, when the Japanese finally marched on
Manila the Air Force ordered him to fly key Army Air Force
personnel out of the country. The order left him with the most
important decision of his life, for he was already preparing to fly
his family to safety. Whom would he take first? Unbeknownst to
Pappy, MacArthur's staff deceived him by telling him he had time to
do both. While he took off from Manila with his plane full of
VIP's, the Japanese captured his wife and four children. Throwing
them into the infamous Santo Tomas Internment camp, Pappy's family
suffered through abuse, privation, disease and starvation. Betrayed
by his own high command, and driven by guilt, fury and devotion to
his family, Pappy Gunn spent the next three years trying to rescue
his loved ones. His exploits became legend: He flew four times the
number of combat missions of men half his age, extracting spies,
sinking enemy ships, and building airfields under the nose of the
Japanese. He revolutionized the art of air warfare in the process
by devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By
the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation
helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the
Pacific.
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