Joe Pappalardo > Quotes

“with a circular window between his feet. He points the twin .50s down and away from any fellow bombers and puts his hands on the grips, thumbs on the buttons that trigger the machine guns. Two cans”
― Joe Pappalardo, Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

“In any portion of the state, when laws relating to public lands are defied and set at naught, our first duty is to re-examine the laws, with the view of ascertaining what defects, if any, have produced this condition of society and, upon discovery of any defect, to apply a remedy,”
― Joe Pappalardo, Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F