In the summer of 1942 Jim Vernon, a nineteen-year-old student in
Butte, Montana, joined the U.S. Navy's aviation cadet training
program. By the end of the war he was flying F6F Hellcats from the
USS "Ticonderoga" against the Japanese mainland. This memoir
provides a carrier pilot's view of the conflict in the Pacific
during the final months of the war when the atomic bombs were
dropped and Japan capitulated.
A member of VBF-87, Vernon gives a highly personal eyewitness
account of life in a bomber-fighter squadron and the roller-coaster
emotions involved in combat sorties over the hostile sea and land.
He describes his feelings about meeting the challenges of war and
offers stirring memories of his love of flying and the camaraderie
of his flying mates--both in the air and on liberty. Added to this
entertaining narrative are details of the mobilization and training
of carrier pilots as well as a discussion of the high incidence of
noncombat fatalities and the air group's response to the kamikaze
threat, information that contributes important dimensions to the
overall story of the air war.
Completely candid about his emotions regarding day and night
landings and errors made in the cockpit, Vernon gives a vivid
glimpse into the past at a time when teenagers matured rapidly as
they faced the realities of war. His recollections will strike a
cord of recognition with aviators everywhere and will inform and
entertain those with an interest in World War II combat.
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