'Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.'— Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990)
What's He Doing? The landing signal officer, Lieutenant (junior grade) Walter F. Wujcik, USNR, expectantly waits to grade the level of the approaching pilot's humility. The drama played out on the flight deck of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) in 1945.
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