From Greenwich Village to Guadalcanal in just over a year, David
Zellmer would find piloting a B-24 bomber in the South Pacific a
far cry from his life as a fledgling member of the Martha Graham
Dance Company. He soon discovered the unimagined thrills of first
flights and the astonishment of learning that an aerial spin was
merely a vertical pirouette which one spotted on a barn thousands
of feet below, instead of on a doorknob in Martha's studio.
Reconstructed from letters home, this captivating account traces
Zellmer's journey from New York to the islands of the South Pacific
as the 13th Air Force battled to push back the Japanese invaders in
1943 and 1944.
Spurred to action by encouraging letters from Martha Graham, who
urges him to document his participation in the great tragic play of
the Second World War, Zellmer struggles to come to terms with the
fears and joys of flying, of killing and being killed. Each stage
of the battle takes him farther and farther from those he loves,
until the soft night breezes and moon-splashed surf no longer work
their magic. From bombing runs against Truk, the infamous
headquarters of the Japanese Fleet, to much savored slivers of
civilization in Auckland and Sydney, the young pilot bemoans a
gnawing concern at a loss of sensation, the prospect of life--not
as a performer, but as a spectator. With distant memories of life
on the stage, he finds that only the threat of death can bring the
same intensity of feeling.
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