Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer, is a book about B-17 crews and missions in World War II, written by Brian D. O'Neill. He is also the author of "303rd Bombardment Group", on the same subject. During Vietnam, O'Neill served with the U.S. Navy as a destroyer gunner officer and shipyard repair officer. Since then he became an attorney and the General Counsel of Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the aviation company that had manufactured the P-40 Warhawk fighter and the Cyclone B-17 engines during World War II. The narrative relies heavily on
A Mouse Divided irises out. A Mouse Divided A Mouse Divided is a 1953 "Merrie Melodies" animated short directed by Friz Freleng and featuring Sylvester. The title is a pun on Lincoln's House Divided Speech. The episode starts where a drunken stork delivers a baby to the nearest available home. Sylvester's wife, wanting a baby, despite his objections ("And what thanks do I get? I wish I was dead! Boo hoo hoo! Every day it's the same thing - pitter-patter of little feet!"), graciously receives the package. Sylvester is nonetheless excited- until he learns the baby is a mouse, at which point he