Time got crunched and things slipped. I finished Blind Man’s Bluff. Absolute great read, with tons of submarine information. At times, it made me wish I had served on submarines. At other times, I was reassured in my choice to go the opposite direction and take to the skies.
In my absence, I additionally read The Flying Tigers by Sam Kleiner. Aviation always interests me, so I really enjoyed reading about a group of rag tag aviators that came together for 7-8 months to fight a nation, with officially unofficial support. It was wild to read the experiences they had, often with excerpts from their own journals, detailing events that were “too fantastical even for movies”. WW2 vets truly are a great generation.
I am now beginning Fighter Pilots Heaven. The book details the dangers of flight testing as the US transitioned to a jet age. The author coincidentally was a pilot with the 23rd Flying Tiger Fighter Group in China, so weird connection to the book I just finished.