
The Cactus Air Force
The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War
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The F4F Kit
His intent was trying to keep them alive. He didn't polish in any way or underplay the danger that these Japanese are planes and pilots represented. His personality was very different from Mush Morton's where Mush was kind of a comical, almost comical character who liked to rustle and joke around with his guys. John L. didn't come across that way at all in my reading. He did not. However, the one person that he did kind of crow with a little bit was Mary and Carl. And they were, and Mary and Carl was his exo, of course. So those two worked, you know, literally hand in hand.
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