"From the time I was a very young fellow, I knew I wanted to do two things. I wanted to build things, and I wanted to …"

"It had three real purposes. One purpose was to give the folks at home the first good news that we'd had in World War …"

"[T]here has never been a time, when I’ve been completely satisfied with myself. . . . I’ve very much appreciated the …"

"I will not be able to do anything until the air fields are captured and supplied with fuel, oil, ammunition, bombs, s…"

"One of the things that we considered was being apprehended before we got to Japan. And the plan was that if we were w…"

"It was a dangerous area, for certain. There were saloons, prostitutes, everything. The real Wild West. There was no l…"

"When the wreckage was cleared, Mr. Todd [the instructor] looked at me carefully and said we should get on with our bu…"

"That was perhaps the greatest tragedy of our mission. All of that horror was retribution against the Chinese for help…"

"Well, I have always been highly competitive, and that is useful no matter what sport you go into. And in those days f…"

"You look for a chap who has good eyesight, who has fast reactions, who has a good sense of balance, but most importan…"