John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Quotes:
Ocupation: Aviator
Life: June 9, 1922 - December 11, 1941
Birthday: June 9
Death: December 11
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air....
source: In K. Rhys More Poems from the Forces (1943) "High Flight"
topic: Laughter, Military, Air, Military Aviation, Tumbling, Surly, Air Force, Flying High
