Summary of John R. Bruning's Indestructible

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#1 P. I. Gunn was a navy pilot who had survived countless adventures. He and his wife, Polly, had thrived despite everything a hard and dangerous life threw at them. He had a standard U. S. Navy BUSHIPS Hamilton wristwatch, a legacy of a career now four years in his rearview mirror.

#2 P. I. was a complex and sometimes tortured man. He had once been defined by his family’s socioeconomic station in their tiny town back home in Arkansas. He had invented and reinvented himself many times, layer after layer, until he had become a mix of often contradictory elements.

#3 The family struggled in 1939, but by 1940, they were able to live comfortably. The four children were being educated in first-rate private schools. Polly’s load around the household was eased, and she spent her days with the children or volunteering at the local Red Cross with the wives of other upper middle class families.

#4 The family’s bed was always with them as they moved from base to base, and P. I. always made sure his daughters were taken care of by the pilots he trusted.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822535695

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#1

P. I. Gunn was a navy pilot who had survived countless adventures. He and his wife, Polly, had thrived despite everything a hard and dangerous life threw at them. He had a standard U. S. Navy BUSHIPS Hamilton wristwatch, a legacy of a career now four years in his rearview mirror.

#2

P. I. was a complex and sometimes tortured man. He had once been defined by his family’s socioeconomic station in their tiny town back home in Arkansas. He had invented and reinvented himself many times, layer after layer, until he had become a mix of often contradictory elements.

#3

The family struggled in 1939, but by 1940, they were able to live comfortably. The four children were being educated in first-rate private schools. Polly’s load around the household was eased, and she spent her days with the children or volunteering at the local Red Cross with the wives of other upper middle class families.

#4

The family’s bed was always with them as they moved from base to base, and P. I. always made sure his daughters were taken care of by the pilots he trusted.

#5

P. I. was always honest with his family, even when it came to the risks of his job. He would put up a wall when it came to matters of national security, because he knew he would be facing danger for the sake of national security.

#6

P. I. was a loyal American and veteran, and he took national security and secrecy very seriously. He thought that was the most important thing that could trump family, for the safety of his country.

#7

P. I. Gunn was a criminal of necessity, and he had done anything to keep his mother from bankruptcy. He had served in the Navy after some enlisted guys tried to call him by his initials. He settled that quickly enough with his fists.

#8

In church, at dinner parties, and gatherings, the Americans in Manila fretted over every international development. They pinned their faith on General Douglas MacArthur and his army of American and Filipino troops, but P. I. knew that the local armed forces were probably unqualified for battle.

#9

The arrival of the Flying Chiefs in 1937 signaled that Washington took the defense of Manila seriously. However, P. I. knew many of the pilots assigned to the new aircraft, who were barely trained reservists.

#10

The Philippines drew entrepreneurial Americans in the first decades of the twentieth century, and as their efforts were transforming the islands into a modern society, the nation struggled to figure out how to defend it. The air control teams on the ground could not talk to the pilots in the air.

#11

The situation was a total cluster. Too much too late, and the infrastructure to support the new troops and gear wasn’t there. Meanwhile, P. I. had heard of critical shortages of ammunition, tanks, vehicles, and other supplies.

#12

In 1941, Soriano began operating a airline in the Philippines. He found the right investors and the right man to make it work in Paul Gunn. They began small, flying one run to the summer capital of Baguio in March 1941.

#13

P. I. flew into a tropical storm to pick up Joseph Stevenot, a legend in the Philippines. He was a civilian electrical expert who had served in the islands during World War I. He had helped establish the first flight school in the Philippines and train the first class of Filipino pilots.

#14

P. I. flew to