The Saga of Pappy Gunn – Lieutenant General George C. Kenney

This is not a new book. It is mostly a fun read though it is a true story of one American hero of World War II. It details the life of Colonel Paul I Gunn who by most any account was a misfit in the rigid structure of the US military establishment, but nevertheless was highly successful. He fought in the Southwest Pacific as an imaginative pilot, scrounger, engineer, mechanic, and all around problem solver.

The author was Gunn’s commanding officer during the second half of the war. It is not a particularly well organized book in my opinion, but it reflects a reality that we don’t often see when generals write about people under their command.