Jack Sauter

Sailors in the Sky

Memoir of a Navy Aircrewman in the Korean War

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published: Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1995.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780803238312
• ISBN-10: 0803238312
• Artikelnr.: 33619937

Autorenporträt

Jack Sauter was an aviation electronics technician during the Korean War and is the president and editor of the USS Lake Champlain Association Inc. Edward Peary Stafford is a retired commander in the U.S. Navy and the author of The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Edward Peary Stafford
Preface
Prologue
BOOK ONE
1. Taking the First Step
2. Civies to Blues
3. Tennessee Waltz
4. Memphis Belle
5. Virginia Interlude
6. Rhode Island Reunion
7. Guppyland
8. The Best-Kept Secret
9. Settling In
10. A Medical Detour
BOOK TWO
11. Underway
12. First Carrier Flight
13. First Port
14. Weekend in Paris
15. Getting to Know You
16. Prelude to Korea
17. The Champ
18. Death at Sea
19. First Liberty
20. A New World
21. Crossing the Line
22. Rained Out
BOOK THREE
23. The Real Thing
24. Hitting the Beach
25. The Last Act
26. Peace and a New Skipper
27. A Summing Up
28. "We All Hear You, Dick"
29. A Mountain in the Clouds
30. Hong Kong Holiday
31. A Last Look
32. Retracing Our Steps
33. Europe Again
34. Homeward Bound
35. Home Again
Epilogue
Bibliography
Military History of the Author
Index