This volume tells many stories in one: the epic tale of men and women (some of them famous trailbreakers; some little known); the lures that attracted these pragmatic dreamers to the West; and the ordeals and disappointments they overcame along the way. Illustrated with archival photographs; paintings; maps and documents; the book offers the general reader an overview of the western trail network that bound an immature nation together and provided an armature for later development.
#1589144 in Books Naval Institute Press 1998-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.27 x .85 x 6.29l; 1.05 #File Name: 1557506531288 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This is an amazing piece of history about a neglected part of the ...By ASPMy father was in a night fighter squadron flying a jet (Vampire NF34) of the same vintage as the F3D here. This is an amazing piece of history about a neglected part of the Korean Air War. Learned a lot I didn't know before.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. great story; brings back memories of the "whale "By Joseph Balabongreat story ;brings back memories of the "whale "1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I was disappointedBy BillWI was disappointed in this book. The title lead me to expect that it would contain material about flying and fighting at night over Korea. There is lots about the design of the Skynight; about training; about fellow Navy and Marine fliers; about life on a Korean fighter base and about administrative misuse of the new fighter. The book has tales about the PX; about latrines; and about what footware works in the Korean mud. Some of the stories are quite funny. Unfortunately there is very little about what it was like for the author to fly at night over Korea and only a few pages are devoted to one brief encounter with enemy MiGs. It was not what I expected. A poor sandwich: all bread and almost no meat.
