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| Item Call Number |
D 790 B6865 2016 |
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Available |
| Barcode |
17951 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9780316339407 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 790
- Item number - B6865 2016
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| Main Entry |
- Relator code - Bruning, John R.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Indestructible :
- Remainder of title - one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by John R. Bruning
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York, NY :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Hachette Books
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2016
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| General Note |
- General note - "Uncorrected Manuscript Pages. Material from this copy should not be quoted or used without first checking with the publisher, as some of this material may not appear in the finished book."
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - PHILIPPINE ODYSSEY: The last normal day -- The mysterious traveler -- Into the storm -- The voice of Manila -- The day of fiestas -- Terror in the night -- Silver screen scenes -- Running toward trouble -- The middle aged recruit -- Outlaw son of a lawman -- The noose -- American red baron -- Refugee allies -- Routine in chaos -- Christmas eve -- The last broadcast -- THE LEGEND OF PAPPY GUNN: Early legends -- The perilous consequence of not in stock -- Daniel Boone of the Dutch East Indies -- Eight Avenue rules -- Pappy and Miss EMF -- Voiding the warranty -- Where the weak are prey -- Wainwright to MacArthur: Where is Captain Gunn? -- The indomitable luck of Pappy Gunn -- The Canberra commandos and the numerous troubles that ensued -- Killing von Gronau -- Secrets, spies and mystery holes -- Survival versus sin -- The death dealing sweetheart with the Jack Dempsey Crouch -- The gun craziest man I've ever met -- Bust 'em George, the undocumented renegade general -- Clara Crosby comes of age -- Margaret, Pappy's radical, scrappy, lethal, engine of death -- The war on hope -- Blood and fire -- Reconnections and revolutions -- HOMEWARD BOUND: Later legends -- Gunship summer -- Miss Priss strikes back -- The pinky and the lungs -- On the tail of Custer's ghost -- The vow of last resort -- Pappy's final battle -- The sweet Georgia Peach -- War made animals of men -- Ward six -- Epilogue
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "This remarkable, little-known WWII story is an against-all-odds tale of a renegade pilot consumed by his personal mission to rescue his family in time of war - and who happened to change modern warfare along the way.
When hostilities erupted in December 1941, Philippine Airlines manager and U.S. citizen Pappy Gunn was living in Manila with his family. Ordered by senior command to fly Allied diplomats out of the country, he was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation.
Gunn spent the next three years trying to rescue his loved ones. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, 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 scourge of the Pacific."
- Summary, etc. - "The story of "Pappy" Gunn, a Philippine Airlines manager at the start of the war, he was ordered to fly Allied diplomats out of the country. With his family interned in Manila, Gunn spent the next three years trying to rescue them. His exploits were legendary as he revolutionized air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies." - Roderick Hall
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, American
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