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Indestructible : one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook
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Indestructible : one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII

Bruning, John R. (Author). Troxell, Brian, (narrator.).

Summary: "This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn 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 three years trying to rescue them. 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 the scourge of the Pacific"--

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  • ISBN: 9781478938378
  • ISBN: 1478938374
  • Physical Description: 15 audio discs (17 hr., 50 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
    sound disc
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Book Group, [2016]

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General Note:
Compact discs.
Includes a pdf of maps & photos.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Brian Troxell.

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Subject: Gunn, Paul Irvin 1899-1957
World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American
Air pilots United States Biography
Philippine Airlines Officials and employees Biography
Aeronautics, Military Technological innovations History 20th century
Gunn, Paul Irvin 1899-1957 Family
Americans Philippines Biography
Prisoners of war Philippines Biography
Rescues Philippines History 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Genre: Audiobooks.

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