Sinking the Rising Sun: Dog Fighting & Dive Bombing in World War II: A Navy Fighter Pilot's Story Tapa dura - 2007

Bill Davis was a senior in college when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place. He volunteered for the Naval Air Corps, and ended up being credited as one of those who sank the Zuikaku," the last Japanese carrier afloat that had taken part in the Pearl Harbor attack. He lives in Santa Barbara, California. In 1953, Jonathan Winters headed for New York for the "big time" with $56.46 in his pocket. Then came The Jack Paar Show," The Steve Allen Show," and The Tonight Show," where Jonathan was able to demonstrate his comic genius. He became a top name in American comedy. Jonathan and his wife Eileen have two children and five grandchildren. They live in Santa Barbara, where Jonathan paints and writes when he is not performing. Foreword by the legendary Jonathan Winters, a good friend of the author's with more than five decades in show business. He enlisted in the Marines in 1943, and was an orderly and a gunner on the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard." "I never got to land or take off," Winters quips, "but I saw a lot of planes."