the making of a world war II naval aviator. the author quit college to begin training as a naval aviator. the end of the war found him a fighter pilot flying combatmissions from an aircraft carrier against targets on the japanese home islands. he brings to life again those turbulant years; grinding, perilous training; the pain for lost comrades; the joy of success; the numbness of carousing; the insanity of war. through it all runs the enchantment and wonder of flying; the awesome aspect of the unforgiving air, the eternal sea and the skulking shadow of death. he has recorded how the tumult of war swiftly shaped his ascent from boy to man.
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Born in Minnesota, elementary school in Fargo,ND, hithschool in Fallon, Nevada and Helena, MT, two years college at Montana School of Mines before entering Naval Flight Training in 1942. Completed training in early 1944 and was commissioned. Trained in dive bombers in Florida and New Jersey. Embarked on USS Randolph,with air group 87, as a fighter pilot. Later went into combat aboard USS Ticonderoga in early 1945. Left the Navy and entered the U. of California, Berkeley where he earned a BA and MA in geology. Worked for the state of California 4 years before geing recalled to active naval service as a photographic intelligence officer during the Korean War. Became a civilian again in 1953 and began work as a geologist for Texaco in Southern California and Alaska. Quit Texaco and earned a Phd at the University of Southern California and began working as a MarineGeologist employing SCUBA and deep submersibles and research vessels for oil exploration off California and Alaska, and engineering projects in the Marshall Islands and Mediterranian Sea. Retired and lives in Camarillo, California.
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