{"product_id":"indestructible-one-mans-rescue-mission-that-changed-the-course-of-wwii-paperback","title":"Indestructible: One Man's Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of WWII - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn R. Bruning\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this remarkable WWII story by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author John R. Bruning, a renegade American pilot fights against all odds to rescue his family -- imprisoned by the Japanese--and revolutionizes modern warfare along the way.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the knife fights and smuggling runs of his youth to his fiery days as a pioneering naval aviator, Paul Irving \"Pappy\" Gunn played by his own set of rules and always survived on his wits and fists. But when he fell for a conservative Southern belle, her love transformed him from a wild and reckless airman to a cunning entrepreneur whose homespun engineering brilliance helped launch one of the first airlines in Asia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pappy was drafted into MacArthur's air force when war came to the Philippines; and while he carried out a top-secret mission to Australia, the Japanese seized his family. Separated from his beloved wife, Polly, and their four children, Pappy reverted to his lawless ways. He carried out rescue missions with an almost suicidal desperation. Even after he was shot down twice and forced to withdraw to Australia, he waged a one-man war against his many enemies -- including the American high command and the Japanese--and fought to return to the Philippines to find his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Without adequate planes, supplies, or tactics, the U.S. Army Air Force suffered crushing defeats by the Japanese in the Pacific. Over the course of his three-year quest to find his family, Pappy became the renegade who changed all that. With a brace of pistols and small band of loyal fol, lowers, he robbed supply dumps, stole aircraft, invented new weapons, and modified bombers to hit harder, fly farther, and deliver more destruction than anything yet seen in the air. When Pappy's modified planes were finally unleashed during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, the United States scored one of the most decisive victories of World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking readers from the blistering skies of the Pacific to the jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines to one of the the war's most notorious prison camps, \u003ci\u003eIndestructible \u003c\/i\u003etraces one man's bare-knuckle journey to free the people he loved and the aerial revolution he sparked that continues to resonate across America's modern battlefields.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn R. Bruning\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or collaborating writer of the national bestseller, \u003ci\u003eIndestructible\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eOutlaw Platoon\u003c\/i\u003e written with Sean Parnell, \u003ci\u003eShadow of the Sword\u003c\/i\u003e with Jeremiah Workman, \u003ci\u003eHow to Break a Terrorist\u003c\/i\u003e with Matthew Alexander, \u003ci\u003eHouse to House\u003c\/i\u003e with David Bellavia, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Sandbox\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGhost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent\u003c\/i\u003e with Fred Burton. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bruning is well traveled as an embedded combat correspondent. For his reporting in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense presented him with the Thomas Jefferson Award in 2010. For his work with the Oregon National Guard, he was inducted into the 162nd Infantry Regiment in September 2011 as an honorary member. John lives in Independence, Oregon, and has two children.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.6 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763194331424,"sku":"9780316339414","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/130051e350d2a095235f26fe418bcf72.webp?v=1780229301","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/indestructible-one-mans-rescue-mission-that-changed-the-course-of-wwii-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}