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One of the more outstanding candidates was a man who later endured six years in a hellish POW camp in Vietnam and then rose to the rank of vice admiral in the U.S. Navy. Illness resulting from his years as a prisoner forced his premature retirement, and p
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Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Author's preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii About the author ................................................ xv Acknowledgements .............................................. xvii lliustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi 1
Sailing in and out of war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I An ensign puts to sea.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Torpedoes and dive-bombers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Stopover in Iwo Jima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Flying for the CIA ........................................... 12 Patuxent River .............................................. 16 Secret summons to Washington ................................. 20 References ................................................. 23
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The call goes out. ............................................ NACA becomes NASA .........
