The Iron Major
©1997 W.J. Lambert

Maj. Thomas P. McGuire, Jr. was the second-highest scoring American fighter ace of the Second World War. His life and achievements have always been an inspiration to me. His obsession with becoming the "Top Gun," which eventually contributed to his death, makes something of a Greek tragic hero of him. I am more impressed by his real life and the human being behind the legend.

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