His experiences as a radioman aboard a B-26 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in 1940 and stateside training; assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron; antisubmarine patrols off the West Coast of the U. S. in early 1942; trans- Pacific island hopping from Hawaii to Australia, 1942; bombing and reconnaissance missions out of Townsville, Australia; aerial combat over New Guinea; attacks on Japanese shipping and ground-support missions around Buna; awarding of the Distinguished Flying Cross to his crew; return to the U. S. in 1943 after thirty-one missions; gunnery school, Fort Myers, Florida; radio instruction, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.