From the Book - First Edition.
"And then came the war": training for combat, 1943-1944
"Kids jerked right out of high school": Air Group 88 takes form, 1944
"Moved, always West, toward the combat zone": to the Pacific, February-June 1945
"An aircraft carrier is a noble thing": Air group 88 joins the Yorktown, June-July 1945
"Today our Group 88 starts raising hell with the Japs": preparation for battle, July 10, 1945
"Carrier pilots were the best in the world": the first attack, July 10. 1945
"Someboy said we are to hit Hokkaido": North to Hokkaido, July 14-15, 1945
"Stay away from Kure": finishing the Imperial Japanese Fleet, July 18-30, 1945
"The Navy would be in to get you": the July 1945 air sea rescues
"Fighting a war that had already been won": August 1-14, 1945
"Failed to return with this flight; shot down over target": August 15, 1945
"Two only of the six returned": the aftermath.
