Now seventy-six years old and reminiscing about my life, I decided to compile all the stories I had written for the Seneca, SC "Daily Journal" into a book. I was inspired to write the stories while a student in Ruth Story's writing class at Clemson University's Osher Life Long Learning Institute. Ruth is a motivational and enthusiastic teacher as well as a professional writer and editor. She was instrumental in publishing these stories in the paper. Although this book is generally about my early adult life and the experiences I had flying as a Naval Aviator in the Marine Corps and later as a...