As a young boy growing up in Atlanta, playing with his model airplanes, Cecil Alexander dreamed of one day becoming an ace pilot. Fresh out of Yale University, he found himself stationed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as third in command of the famous Ace of Spades Marine Air Corps squadron. There he flew 60 dive-bombing missions and was twice honored with the Distinguished Flying Cross. Days of heart-stopping aerial missions were separated by long stretches of doldrums, trying to find ways to stay motivated to carry on. In this book, Alexander describes in detail just what it was like...