Description
Boyington, “Pappy”. Fresno, CA: Wilson Press 1958 . Later printing. Photo endpapers. 384 pages. Frontispiece portrait. A clean, attractive copy. “Winner of a Congressional Medal of Honor and a Navy Cross for his achievements while leading the Black Sheep Squadron in the South Pacific, he had a year as a prisoner of the Japanese in which to gain emotional maturity and sobriety. As a returning war ‘hero’ he was pushed around more than he wanted to be, and his fall from grace made every newspaper in the country. It was not easy for him to find his way back to respectability, but he made it eventually.” Book: Very Good. Dust Jacket: Very Good.
