Pappy Boington and Hank Bushwell

"I can see a kinship between Pappy Boington and much more than that would have been really made in good friends had they probably been closer together," he says. "If you're with me, we're going to do our job. If you're not with me, find another squadron to work." A friend of mine by the name of Hank Bushwell, they called him Dr. Boo, was one of those guys who didn't have enough combat time to go home. He wasn't among the initial 27 pilots selected for 214.