Books: “Baa Baa Black Sheep” by Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington
Posted By RichC on August 1, 2023
There are plenty of books on my Kindle, in my “ebook pile” and “printed paper” book pile to read, but most of them are not 
particularly enjoyable “to me” to read. They either arouse political anger and frustration in the direction our country is being lead … or personal improvement books that “I interpret” as working on my (human) faulty character traits (both career and faith based). This latest eBook download, “Baa Baa Black Sheep” by Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, is just want I needed in reflecting on the serious business of war and wariors, as well as the hero types that rose to the occasion — those of the Greatest Generation.
Besides the military and especially WW2 history that interests me, it also ties my interest and studying the war in the Pacific and in aviation. His book published in 1958 is his account of his experience as a pre-WW2 US Marine, member of the American Volunteer Group or AVG (Flying Tigers) before the U.S. was at war with Japan and then back as a US Marine Corp Major (“Gramps” because he was 31) in September of 1942. So far, it is a more uplifting summer read.
Most of what I probably mix up from my reading of history regarding the Black Sheep is probably because of watching the TV series with Robert Conrad as a teenager. It was a great show.
EDIT add 8/11/2023: Even though I did not have family who fought in the Pacific in World War II, the history and stories from those who did (or research them) have always interested me. After the Baa Baa Black Sheep read, I found myself wanting to know more about these men … and found a bit more to read on the subject. Nothing in my local library that I could find, so off to the used book market.
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