November 1957

For Wakkanai's airmen every contrail, every alert, may be the real thing.

We were a few minutes late for the funeral. It was a long drive from our Maryland home and the kids had to be started off to school before we could leave. I had not spoken during the trip through...

In the summer of 1918, the Germans poised for a giant offensive which might have changed the outcome of World War I. Unveiling the enemy plan was a desperate Allied problem—solved by the daring of Billy Mitchell and his airmen....