The Ordeal of VF-653: From a Navy Reserve pilot’s letters home, a picture of the darkest days of t

[Renegade One]

Interesting story compiled from letters home. Make sure to click on the group photo to scroll through the rest of the photos.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/The-Ordeal-of-VF-653-179539381.html?c=y&story=fullstory

 

[Fog]

Real people, real stories, real life. Glad we all missed Korea. Lots of good stories in the Smithsonian you linked in.

 

[PropAddict]

Dead link. This one seemed to work for me:

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/The-Ordeal-of-VF-653-179539381.html

Cool story. . .although the cynical bastard in me has to wonder how Skipper Cleland would have fared in today's Navy . . .