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by Christina Olds


  Lutz, Lieutenant

  Magdeburg, Germany

  Magee, John Gillespie

  Mahurin (fighter pilot)

  maintenance

  Malan, Sailor

  Maley, Ronald

  The Man in the Road (film)

  Mann, Lyle

  Mannheim, Germany

  Mannock, Edward

  March Field, California

  Margaret (Red Cross acquaintance)

  Marge (American woman at Udon)

  marijuana

  Martin, Marty

  Martin, Mary

  massive retaliation and mutual destruction strategy

  Matagorda, Texas

  Mather Air Force Base, Rancho Cordova, California

  Mattern, Jimmy

  Matthews, Lieutenant

  McAdoo, W. T. “Mac”

  McCarthy, Joe

  McChord, Dick

  McClure, Don

  McConnell, John P.

  McConnell Air Force Base, Derby, Kansas

  McDermott, Robert F.

  McNamara, Robert S.

  McNutt, Tommy

  Me-109 (a.k.a. Bf-109)

  Me-262 (German jet)

  “me-firsters” category of military personnel

  Mehalla Air Base, Libya

  Meigs, Return Jonathan

  Memphis, Tennessee

  Merlin engine

  Messerschmitt models. See “Me” entries

  Meteor IV plane (first British jet), learning to fly

  “me-tooers” category of military personnel

  Metz, Lorraine

  MiG combat air patrol (CAP)

  MiGs

  finding and killing

  MiG-17 model, strong combat capability of

  North Vietnamese

  skill of pilots

  Mildenhall RAF base, England

  military

  four categories of people in

  pernicious effect of Vietnam conflict on

  Military Airlift Command

  Military Assistance Command (MAC)

  Military Bill (flight instructor)

  military training

  military units, histories, and heritage of

  milk, American

  milk runs

  Millard Military Prep

  Miller, Glenn, and his band

  Milligan, Joe

  Mineau, Kris

  Minh, Ho Chi

  Minuteman missiles

  Miramar airfield, Marine Corps Air Station, San Diego, California

  missing

  Mitchell, Billy

  Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York

  mock attacks

  Mojave Desert

  Momyer, William W. “Spike”

  monkey, pet

  Monterey Bay, California

  Montgomery, Bernard

  Montgomery, Robert

  Moore, Joe

  Moorman, “Miss Atha”

  Moorman, Thomas Samuel

  morale

  Morey (judge advocate)

  Morgan, C. R.

  mountains ahead

  movie cameras, mounted

  Mr. Magoo (dog)

  Muhammad (houseboy)

  Mulberry harbors

  Münster, Germany

  Muroc Field (now Edwards AFB), California

  Murray, Jim

  Muslims

  mustache, Robin’s

  ordered to remove it

  Nanning, China

  Nantes, France

  NASA

  National Aviation Hall of Fame

  National War College

  NATO

  Navy, U.S.

  conflict of Air Force with

  fighter pilots of

  opposition to air power

  NCOs

  cohabiting with native women

  getting things done

  Nceley, Tom

  Nesselbush, Lou

  Nevers

  New York City

  Ella’s flat in

  return to

  night fighting

  Night Owls

  Nijmegen, (The Netherlands)

  Niort, France

  Niven, David

  Nixon, Richard

  Normandy, invasion of

  Norstadt, General

  North American Air Defense

  North Hollywood, California

  North Sea

  North Vietnam

  air defenses of

  air strikes against

  implacable will of

  People’s Army

  pilots and planes of

  POWs in

  Robin forbidden to lead missions over

  Russian aid to

  Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, California

  nuclear strike policy

  nuclear war, preventing

  nuclear weapons, threat of

  oath as an officer

  Officer Effectiveness Report (OER)

  Officers’ clubs (O clubs)

  Robin’s speech in Udon club

  tradition of breaking glasses

  Ogden Air Material Area (OAMA), Utah

  O’Keefe, Louise

  O’Keefe, Richard

  Olde Antique Shoppe (in London)

  Olds, Christina (Robin’s daughter)

  Olds, Fred (Robin’s brother)

  Olds, Robert (Robin’s father)

  death of

  Olds, Robert Ernest (Robin’s stillborn son)

  Olds, Robin (author)

  (1922) early years

  (1937) high school football star

  (1940) at West Point

  (1941–42) football at West Point

  (1943) busted to private at West Point

  (1943) chosen for fighter pilot

  (1944) becomes an ace

  (1944) first kills

  (1944) first tour finished, went “home”

  (1944) promoted to captain

  (1945) CO of 434th Fighter Squadron

  (1945) promoted to major

  (1947) personnel director with 12th Air Force

  (1947) proposes to Ella Raines

  (1950) paper pusher jobs during Korean War era

  (1952) birth of first child

  (1954) promotion to colonel

  (1963) exchange officer with the RAF

  (1966–67) Ubon, Thailand, tour

  (1967) end of Ubon tour

  (1967) return to Washington, D.C.

  (1967) USAFA commandant of cadets

  (1971) inspector general of aerospace safety

  (1973) retirement

  (1976) divorce from Ella Raines

  (1978) remarriage to Morgan Sellers Barnett

  always would be a fighter pilot

  cartooning by

  final dream of

  as flight commander

  getting old

  hemorrhoidectomy

  home life

  honors received

  manhandled by lieutenants at Ubon for improper wearing of uniform

  pranks of

  on promotion list to be general

  refuses to become an ace in Vietnam conflict

  reprimanded by a colonel upon returning to West Point

  resignation attempt

  retirement activities

  speeches by

  squadron commander

  threatened with promotion

  “Win It!” refrain

  Olds, Sterling (Robin’s brother)

  Olds, Stevan (Robin’s brother)

  Olds, Susan Bird (Robin’s daughter)

  Old Stormy (weather officer)

  Omaha beach, Normandy, France 53

  Ontario, California

  Open House Day

  operational readiness

  inspection (ORI)

  Operation Bolo

  aftermath of

  Operation Linebacker

  Oppenheim, Germany

  orders

  Orr, Bob

  Osborne, Sam

  out-briefings


  Ownby, H. K.

  oxygen, lack of, while flying

  P-38 (Lightning)

  C, D, and E models (older)

  changeover to P-51s

  J15-LO

  painted with invasion stripes

  P-47 (Thunderbolt)

  M model

  P-51 (Mustang)

  learning to operate

  P-80 (Shooting Star)

  I-16 pump on

  Robin’s first flight in

  P-322 (Lightning variation)

  Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)

  Pacific theater

  Palm Springs, California

  Palos Verdes, California

  parachutes

  paratroopers

  Pardo, Bob

  Paris, France

  R&R in

  Paris Peace Accords (Vietnam conflict)

  partying

  Pasadena, California

  Pascoe, Dick

  passes and time off

  Patridge, General

  Patterson, H. W. B.

  Patton, George S.

  Paul Doumer Bridge

  Pavlock, Lieutenant

  pay

  Pearch, Keith

  Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii

  pecking orders

  Pentagon

  assignment to, Robin stifled in

  E ring of generals at

  Fridays at

  generals at

  march on

  People’s Army of Vietnam

  Petit, Bob

  Phil, Uncle (Robin’s)

  Philippines, PACAF in

  photo reconnaissance (recce)

  Phuc Yen Air Base (VPAF) Vietnam

  Phu Tho, Vietnam

  Phyllis (at March Field)

  Pierce, Major

  Pillsbury, Major

  pilots and aircrew

  rotation of

  taken prisoner

  training of

  See also bomber pilots; fighter pilots

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  planes. See airplanes; fighter planes

  Pointe de Hoc

  Point Mugu, California

  Poland, German invasion of

  POM inspections

  Power, Tommy

  pranks

  premonitions of death

  pressure suits

  Preston, Maurice

  Prestwick, Scotland

  prisoners-of-war (POWs)

  in Germany

  in North Vietnam

  processing procedures

  promotions

  PT-19, (flight training aircraft)

  pullout

  Pusan, Korea

  pushing a plane with another, forbidden

  Pyle, Ernie

  pylon eight maneuver

  QRC-160 ECM pods, (electronic jamming)

  Queen Elizabeth (ship)

  Queen Elizabeth II (ship)

  Quesada, General

  races, air

  Radar Homing and Warning (RHAW)

  radar jamming

  radar training without visual reference

  Radeker, Walt

  radio, plane’s

  radio discipline

  Raines, Bird Zachary

  Raines, Ella

  as air force wife

  in California

  career in movies and TV

  divorce, move to Los Angeles, and death

  first child

  harsh words in letters from

  life with

  in London

  marital difficulties

  in New York City

  Robin’s first date with

  Robin’s marriage to

  Robin’s reluctance to return to

  socializing of

  in Washington D.C.

  welcomes Robin home from Vietnam

  Rall, Günther

  Rally Committee at USAFA

  Ramstein Air Base, Germany

  Rapid Roger test program

  Raspberry, Ev

  rationing

  Red Cross

  women of

  London hostelry

  Red River

  Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association (RRVFPA)

  reunions of

  refueling

  Reichersberg airdrome, Germany

  reporters

  rest cures

  reveille

  Rewco rye whiskey

  Rhine, race to cross

  Richter, Karl

  Rickenbacker, Eddie

  Riddle, Kyle

  “the Right Stuff”

  Ritchie, Steve

  Rivers, L. Mendel

  Rockefeller, Laurance

  Rockefeller, Mary

  Rocker Club

  Rodgers, Lieutenant

  Rodriguez, Duncan

  “Roger”

  Rolling Thunder missions

  Romanek, Harry

  Rommel, Erwin

  Roosevelt, Elliott

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Rosness, Hank

  Rostow, Walt

  ROTC

  Rotterdam, (The Netherlands)

  Route Packs (in Vietnam conflict)

  Royal Air Force (RAF)

  Bomber Command

  heroes of

  jets

  Royal Australian Air Force

  Royal New Zealand Air Force

  Royal Norwegian Navy

  Roye-Amy air base, France

  R&R

  Robin’s first term of

  Ruislip military hospital, England

  runways

  Russians

  aid to North Vietnam

  strafing of ship in Haiphong Harbor

  Ryan, Jack

  Ryan Fireball (plane)

  Saigon, Vietnam, PACAF in

  Saintes, France

  Salinas, California

  Salukiat, Colonel

  saluting

  San Bernardino, California

  San Francisco, California

  San Gabriel Mountains, California

  Santa Ana, California

  Santa Maria base, California

  Saône River, France

  Saumur, France

  Savoy Hotel

  SCAT II (Robin’s P-38 plane)

  SCAT III (Robin’s P-38 plane)

  SCAT IV (Robin’s P-51 plane)

  SCAT V (Robin’s P-51 plane)

  SCAT VII (Robin’s P-51 plane)

  SCAT XXVII (Robin’s F-4 plane)

  Schurr, Harry

  Scotland

  Scott, Bob

  Sears, Elmo

  secrecy

  Seith, “Ted”

  Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina

  sherry

  Shiely, Al

  Shintz, Al

  shock wave incident at USAFA

  short-arm inspection

  shot records, prank involving

  Shuttleworth, Jim

  Silver Star

  Simler, George

  Simmonds, Dee

  single-engine planes

  sixties, the, in America

  skiing

  Smith, Donovan

  Smith, Freddy

  smoking

  Snoopy and the Red Baron

  socks, lucky flying

  Solent, The

  solo flying

  sorties

  dumb tactics

  fake counting of

  overfrequent

  smarter tactics

  statistics on, in Vietnam conflict

  unauthorized

  Southeast Asia, assignment to

  South Pacific, preparation for fighting in

  South Vietnam

  fall of (1975)

  U.S. mission of support of

  Soviet Bloc

  Soviet Union

  air force

  defense against

  threat of

  Spaatz, Carl A. “Tooey”

  space, military use of

  space program

&n
bsp; Spanish Armada

  Spartan School of Aviation

  speed records

  Spencer, Bob

  spins, recovering from

  split-S

  Spokane, Washington

  Springs, Elliott White

  squadrons

  SR-71 (Blackbird)

  stalls, recovering from

  Stars and Stripes newspaper

  Star Talks

  Star Wars

  Statue of Liberty

  Steamboat Springs, Colorado

  Steele, Grumpy

  Steeple Morden air base, England

  Stennis, John

  Stenton, Lieutenant Colonel

  Sterling, Helen (Robin’s stepmother)

  Stewart, Jimmy

  Stewart Field, England

  Stokely Carmichael (pet monkey)

  Stone, J. B.

  strafing

  practice

  Strait, Don

  Strategic Air Command (SAC)

  rot in

  strategic missiles

  Stratemeyer, General

  streaker incident at USAFA

  Strothers, General

  Stuttgart, Germany

  Sumter, South Carolina

  surface-to-air missiles (SAMs)

  North Vietnamese

  U.S. defensive

  Sweeny, Walt

  Swope, Dick

  Syria

  Systems Command

  T-28 (training aircraft) Squadron, Thailand

  T-33 (Shooting Star)

  Tactical Air Command (TAC)

  tactical forces

  tactics conferences

  takeoffs, in formation

  Takhli wing, Royal Thai AFB

  Tangmere RAF base, England

  tankers

  rescues by

  Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Vietnam

  targets

  forbidden (restricted)

  not worthwhile

  passing up

  worthwhile

  Tarhuna, Libya, gunnery range

  tea, English

  teamwork

  television

  Tempest (Hawker airplane)

  test pilots

  Thailand

  people of

  Thai Nguyen, Vietnam

  Thayer Hotel, West Point, New York

  Thomas, Tommy

  “Thud” Ridge

  Timm, Ernie

  Tiny (instructor)

  Tipps, Lieutenant

  torque

  Touchdown Club

  tour of duty

  completion of a

  length of a

  training aircraft

  training missions

  trains

  English

  strafing of

  Transportation Corps

  a captain from

  transport planes

  travel. See transport planes; troop ships; troop trains

  Travis AFB, San Jose, California

  Tripoli, Libya

  troop ships

  in convoys

  travel by

  troop trains, travel by

  Tuck, Stanford

  Tucker, Al

  Turkey

  Turner, Roscoe

  Turner, Satch

  twin-engine planes

  Tyndall Field, (near Panama City), Florida

  U-boats

  Ubon Royal Thai AFB

  Udet, Ernst

  Udorn Royal Thai Air Base

  Udorn wing

  Uncle Wilk (roommate)

  Unicorn pub (in Chichester), England

  uniforms

  United Nations Security Council

  United States Air Force (USAF). See Air Force, U.S.

 

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