Physician. A monologue of his experiences as a P-47 fighter pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Basic training, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama, 1942; primary flight training, Avon Park, Florida, 1942; basic flight training, Shaw Field, Sumter, South Carolina, 1942; advanced flight training, Craig Field, Selma, Alabama, 1943; fighter pilot training, Pinellas Field, Tampa, Florida, 1943; assignment to the 86th Fighter Squadron on Corsica, 1944; his description of the P-47 Thunderbolt; various missions; his being shot down on a mission over southern France on August 29, 1944, and capture; treatment of his wounds at a German field hospital; his postwar medical career.