West of the Rock
Marchione, Mark
West of the Rock" gives us a rare, illuminating look into the elite world of Navy pilots. In a series of powerful and often harrowing narratives, the author presents their life trajectories, whether looking up in awe at the power and glory of warplanes, facing the ordeals of even "routine" landings at night on a pitching carrier deck, interacting with the comparatively unremarkable world of civilians, or reaching the point where thy no longer ...