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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in great condition. No notes or highlighting. Some light wear to dustcover. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> ROBERT BUTLER: “I was born in Battle Creek Michigan April 21 1915 and was inducted at Fort Custer in Battle Creek in 1941 and ended up in the Coast Guard Artillery in a barrage balloon battalion in Seattle Washington where they expected the Japanese to invade at any moment. We lived out in the country on this barrage balloon site and all our meals were brought to us by truck and we were not allowed to leave the area twenty-four hours seven days a week. “I did not enjoy this type of service and when I found out that they were looking for volunteer glider pilots I immediately applied. The qualification for becoming a glider pilot at that time was that you had to have a pilot’s license in civilian life which I did have at a rather tender age. “Our training started in Victorville and we promptly became staff sergeants in order to get larger flight pay and graduated as flight officers which was a new designation and rank alongside a warrant officer. We were accorded the privilege of going into officers’ clubs and eating in the officers’ mess and that sort of thing but really were never totally accepted as a full-fledged officer. (SP)