ABOVE AND BEYOND
Written by Charles Patrick Weiland
Published by Pacifica Press
in 1997
ISBN: 0935553223
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- WORLD WAR II
- BIOGRAPHY
ABOVE AND BEYOND
Written by Charles Patrick Weiland.
Stock no. 2118444
1st USA.
1997.
Hardback.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The World War II memoir of Charles Patrick Weiland, a South Dekota farm boy who decided in 1940 to join the Marines and see the world. B/w photos. ISBN: 0935553223. Wrapper flaps are a bit creased.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part I - The Air
- Chapter 1 Those Cherished Gold Wings
- Chapter 2 A Really Hot Pilot
- Part II - The Island
- Chapter 3 The Hot Zone
- Chapter 4 Hell on Earth - Episode I
- Chapter 5 The Waiting Game and Listening Watch
- Chapter 6 Hell on Earth - Episode II
- Chapter 7 Routine at Turtle Bay
- Chapter 8 Strange Twists at Stateside
- Part III - The Desert
- Chapter 9 Genesis on the Desert
- Chapter 10 Integration of Experience
- Chapter 11 Routine with Punctuations
- Chapter 12 Boys Will Be Boys
- Chapter 13 Incidents Home and Abroad
- Chapter 14 Pursuit of Perfection
- Chapter 15 An Expanded Flight Syllabus
- Chapter 16 Hiatus in the High Sierras
- Chapter 17 Combat Ready and No Place to Go
- Part IV - The Sea
- Chapter 18 Workup
- Chapter 19 TransPac
- Chapter 20 Beans, Bullets, Bandages
- Chapter 21 In the Heart of Disaster
- Chapter 22 A Squadron in Limbo
- Chapter 23 The End Justifies the Means
- Chapter 24 Trust and Consequences
- Chapter 25 Home Again
- Chapter 26 Life after VMF-452
- Epilogue To Set The Record Straight.