DON BLANDING
"Pilot Bails Out"
Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1943
Printed by the Vail-Ballou Press, Incorporated, Binghamton, New York
Hardback, 85 pages
Poetry, Illustrations & Decorations by Don Blanding
Dedication:
I offer this book
As tribute from the earth-bound
To the winged Youth of today and tomorrow.
Glory to them and Happy Landings.
Acknowledgement: Thanks to "Corporal" Mabel Goode Frantz.
Contents:
| Soldier, What Did You See? Pilot Bails Out (Forward) For All Whose Hearts Follow... Winged Men Pilot Bails Out Gods-Eye View Three Old Wishes... Three Old Dreams A Boy Grows Up Air and Leopards Bataan Falls Angels of Bataan Flyer's Halo Boys on Sleds Five Friendly Ghosts Somehow Soldier's Baby A Soldier Asks |
The Sky-Born What Price Medals "You Did Not Kill" Icarus Blackout and Eclipse The Humble Brave Why? They Speak of God Preview of a Feature Film Winged Visitors: Two Who Followed the Path of the Sun You Who Sullied the Path of the Sun Surgery What Can I Do Blood Donors Soldier's Bed |
These Treasured Days Earth Speaks to Hitler Time Good Old Days A Journey Ends X Marks the Spot No Time for Pessimists Armed with Laughter Fate Rookie's Dream Some Snakes are Harmless Privates' Private Lives Closed for Duration Shipping List Take it Easy, Fellow Veteran Heart |
Notes:
Icarus and Two Who Followed the Path of the Sun were reprinted from
Vagabond's House.
Angels of Bataan was written for the nurses of Bataan.
Flyer's Halo was written for Dorothy, Ruth and Ralph.
Boys on Sleds was written for Dave. Tarpon was written for Dee.
Soldier's Baby was written for the Jimmy Roosa, and his baby girl Gail.
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