Includes bibliographical references and index.

The country mouse -- The Buck Rogers diving death ride -- When trouble is your saving grace -- General summons -- The girl with the red umbrella -- The price of a moonlight moment -- Under an Arctic rainbow -- The hero's road -- The man without a place -- New Guinea -- When everyone turned a screw -- Mission over Maggot Beach -- The veterans of Nomonhan -- The man with the broken back -- The hero makers -- Contenders -- The last bottle of Yellowstone -- Where everything's trying to kill you -- Rhumba Cardi -- Duckbutt's groove -- The innocent killers -- Return of the outcast -- The jug driver -- Rebels in jugs -- The new guy -- The original freelancer -- The warrior's path -- Four days in October -- The battering of the pudgys -- The race over Rabaul -- The relentless rogue -- The ignored one -- Off the rails -- Whitehead's flying circus -- Walking with the beast -- The casualties -- Longer than long legs -- The two Macs -- The battlefield tourist -- The killing tourist -- Return to the St Francis -- Reunion -- "Whatever I am, I belong to you." -- Lost perspective -- Getting three for Mac -- We shall always return to each other -- Epilogue.