The Life and Loves of a United States Naval Aviator

Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Captain Harry Carter ISBN: 9781475950724
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: October 16, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Captain Harry Carter
ISBN: 9781475950724
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: October 16, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

After his graduation in 1941 from Canoga Park High School, Harry Carter wanted a career in aviation. He was accepted into the United States Navy as an aviation cadet and upon completion of flight training, became a commissioned officer in the US Navy thus beginning his thirty-one-year career as a naval aviator and a commanding officer of three warships and service in a diplomatic post as the Naval Attach to Pakistan.

Full of vivid historical details and anecdotes, The Life and Loves of a Untied States Naval Aviator charts Carters professional and personal journey in the air and on the sea and in foreign lands. Carter shares his experiences of flying out of England and the Azores during World War II and hurricane hunting in the Caribbean. He takes you through his wartime days as a surface line officer operating off the coast of Korea and Vietnam in destroyers, a carrier, and a fleet oiler.

Carter, never one to turn down a pretty girl, met his match when, while attending a Navy program at the University of Southern California, he met and married the love of his life, Ellie. Carter returned to sea in command of the destroyer Durant and continued to have a career full of foreign intrigue and adventureminus the ladies---until his retirement in 1973. Through four wars, several countries, and a lot of romance, Carter lived life to the fullest.

The Life and Loves of a United States Naval Aviator combines history, humor, and reflection to reveal one mans extraordinary life.

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After his graduation in 1941 from Canoga Park High School, Harry Carter wanted a career in aviation. He was accepted into the United States Navy as an aviation cadet and upon completion of flight training, became a commissioned officer in the US Navy thus beginning his thirty-one-year career as a naval aviator and a commanding officer of three warships and service in a diplomatic post as the Naval Attach to Pakistan.

Full of vivid historical details and anecdotes, The Life and Loves of a Untied States Naval Aviator charts Carters professional and personal journey in the air and on the sea and in foreign lands. Carter shares his experiences of flying out of England and the Azores during World War II and hurricane hunting in the Caribbean. He takes you through his wartime days as a surface line officer operating off the coast of Korea and Vietnam in destroyers, a carrier, and a fleet oiler.

Carter, never one to turn down a pretty girl, met his match when, while attending a Navy program at the University of Southern California, he met and married the love of his life, Ellie. Carter returned to sea in command of the destroyer Durant and continued to have a career full of foreign intrigue and adventureminus the ladies---until his retirement in 1973. Through four wars, several countries, and a lot of romance, Carter lived life to the fullest.

The Life and Loves of a United States Naval Aviator combines history, humor, and reflection to reveal one mans extraordinary life.

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