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Sailors in the sky : memoir of a Navy aircrewman in the Korean War

Sauter, Jack, 1929-

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\"'On previous flight ops, when a launch was delayed, we usually passed the time telling jokes or exchanging the latest scuttlebutt. Tonight was different. Each of us sat silently with our own thoughts. All of us, I'm sure, made impossible promises to God, and I was one of them. My gut was wound so tight, it was hard to breathe, no less talk. For the umpteenth time, I tightened the harness of my chute. I remember praying, 'Whatever else happens, don't make me bail out of this thing!' With little to no recognition from the general public, navy enlisted aircrewmen performed heroically in the Korean War. Manning radios and radar, they were indispensable to the success of missions. Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class Jack Sauter was one such aircrewman. Assigned to the USS Midway and the USS Lake Champlain, he flew twenty-one early warning and antisubmarine missions from the backseat of a Douglas Skyraider with Task Force 77 off Korea in support of our troops. From the excitement and thrill of being catapulted from the deck of an aircraft carrier to the tedium of service at sea, the author describes in detail his service in the Korean air war\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Subject: Sauter, Jack, 1929- / Korean War, 1950-1953 Personal narratives, American. / Korean War, 1950-1953 Aerial operations, American. / Korean War, 1950-1953 Naval operations, American. / Flight crews United States Biography.
• ISBN: 9780803238312, 0803238312

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DS921.6.S28 2011	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE