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...Forces World War II said his conversion of the Douglas A-20 from a light bomber into a gunship was the most significant event of the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific in 1942, and Gen. George Kenney called him "my secret weapon." Yet little has been written about Lt. Col. Paul Irvin "Pappy" Gunn. Anyone who reads this book will understand that he was one of the greatest heroes of World War II, a man whose contributions significantly altered the course of events in the Southwest Pacific....
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