by Eugene V.
During World War II, I was trained as a combat aircrewman (aviation
ordnanceman, gunner and radar operator) and assigned to a crew of a Martin
Mariner (PBM), one of a twelve-man crew: three officers and nine enlisted.
Never got into combat, but ended up in the Philippines flying air-sea rescue
operations and patrols around the Philippine Islands. I joined Lockheed Martin
in 2009, after retiring from civilian service in the Office of the Secretary of
the Army (1997). Presently, I am 85 years old.
