A new pilot, 1st Lieutenant Joshua McGraw, who is an old friend of Gallagher's arrives with a chip on his shoulder and buzzes the field. When Gallagher asks McGraw about the buzzing he says he had radio trouble, and Gallagher chews him out. He asks Josh how he wangled a transfer into the 918th, Josh says he asked his father, a General and a friend of Gallagher's father, a Lieutenant General Max Gallagher.