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Gregory Boyington (1912–1988)

Author of Baa Baa Black Sheep

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Image credit: "Pappy" Boyington ~ U.S. Marine Corps Photo

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F4U Corsair at war (1977) — Foreword — 26 copies

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You can watch the full film on youtube under the heading 'The Flying Misfits': http://youtu.be/E2b5xpGDgtI
 
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mimal | 6 other reviews | Aug 26, 2013 |
I read the book after seeing the TV series, and found the book to be much better. The TV series was well-made but so full of tired cliches about rebellious airmen bucking the system that it really sank without trace. The book is much more subtle, an excellent account of war, the men who fight them, their disillusionment and how they interact with the enemy when they happen to come face to face with them. Great read
 
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drmaf | 6 other reviews | Aug 26, 2013 |
A solid story from the second greatest figure in Marine Corps history.
 
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tmstimbert | 6 other reviews | Sep 6, 2008 |
2318 Baa Baa Black Sheep, by "Pappy" Boyington (Col. Gregory Boyington, .U.S.M.C.Ret.) (read 14 Aug 1990) I read Robert Leckie's book on Guadalcanal in April 1990 so I decided to read this book, published in 1957. The author was in the Flying Tigers in 1941 and 1942. Then he flew as a Marine in 1943 in the South Pacific. He was shot down Jan 3, 1944 and was a prisoner of the Japs --most of the time in Japan--till the war ended. He was quite a guy, and a drunk. The end part of the book seems very amateurishly written. I haven't read a war experience book like this one before--irreverent is, I guess, the best word for it.… (more)
 
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