Yup! I read Pappy Boyington's book about 20 years ago. I don't remember much from it, though. What I can remember now is he mentioned how they were ill-fed in the POW camp, but he worked in the kitchen so he would steal food every now and again.Oh ... if you read Pappy's memoirs (recommended BTW) ... there really WAS a Col. Lard and he really was a ... so-and-so as shown in the show.