Scrappy : Memoir of a U.S. Fighter Pilot in Korea and Vietnam

Johnson, Howard C. 'Scrappy'/ O'Connor, Ian A.

McFarland & Co Inc（2007/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 280 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786432042
• DDC分類 358.43092

Full Description

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C. "Scrappy" Johnson. Beginning with his early years in Knoxville, Tennessee, the book follows Johnson through his career at the University of Louisville and his enlistment as an Air Force cadet at the onset of World War II. After World War II, Johnson served a tour of duty in the skies over Korea and in 1958 broke the world's altitude record by over 14,000 feet, soaring at 91,249 feet in his F-104A Starfighter. For this remarkable feat he was awarded the Collier Trophy, aviation's highest honor. In Vietnam, he was director of operations for the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing and was instrumental in founding the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots, a group dedicated to the remembrance of fallen and captured airmen. Written with panache, this work records the bigger-than-life adventures of one of America's finest.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments      

Preface     

Prologue     

1. River Rats     

2. Growing Up     

3. "Louavall"     

4. The Army Air Corps     

5. Laredo     

6. The Big Bang     

7. The Philippines     

8. The Police Action     

9. Back to the Philippines     

10. Cape Cod     

11. Way Up North     

12. California     

13. Starfighter     

14. The Collier Trophy     

15. The Luftwaffe     

16. The Tactical Air Command     

17. Hell     

18. Thailand     

19. In the Beginning     

20. Korat Confidential     

21. Stateside Again     

22. Punchin' Cattle     

23. Scalawag     

24. Finis     

Biographical Summaries     

Index