Richard Launder

College Campus in the Sky Richard Launder

Who were these guys who flew off into the wild blue yonder, learned their trade the hard way, by experience, and in quick time became the scourge of the professional pilots of Japan and Germany. For the most part, they were the college kids across America, working their way toward being a part of a great society advancing in peace. Instead, they found themselves on the College Campus in the Sky, shooting at Mitsubishis and Messerschmitts, words they couldn't even spell a year before, much less 'kill'. What a credit they were to our American values and our way of life. This book is dedicated to them, these young heroes, who gave up so much because it was the right thing to do. This story tells of one of them, but it really is the story of all of them. I, for one, will never forget them, and wish them Godspeed wherever they are.