A terrific author. The name, whether he desired it or not—melds the Marines and the F4 Phantom forever.
“he fictionalized in “The Lords of Discipline.”
good movie. I know some people in my hood’ who went to military school and it had an influence on them..
I read THE GREAT SANTINI in the early 80s. I think it was the character based on his father who said “Marine Corps families eat other families for breakfast.”
In the 1966 to 67 school year, Conroy attended St. James Cathedral School in Orlando, as did I at the same time. Conroy described that as the happiest year of his childhood because he learned to play basketball.