Chapter 1 - The Story of a World War II Pilot

This blog tells my story as a World War II pilot. I did live through some historic times which the Millennials and even the Gen Xers seem to know little about. Even our own children, the Baby Boomers, don’t understand why we went to war and even less about why we put it all behind us and just got on with life when, and if, we got back. We never told them, how could they understand? We’re guilty of not wanting to relive bad times or share them with our children. We were also under orders not to reveal details of our service. That's why so many of our stories have been a long time coming. For what it's worth here's my war history. I admit, I'm still leaving out a lot of details mostly because I've forgotten them.

My story is no that different than hundreds of other young men who went off to World War II but I’ve been told it had its interesting moments. Of course, there’s much more to our stories than the time we spent in the Armed Services (like how our families coped at home) but that’s mainly what I intend to tell here.