The USS Panamint, Captain Eller’s vessel during the Okinawa campaign.
Admiral Reason remembered Jimmy Carter as “probably the most honest man I’ve ever known.”
Partners for life: “I feel very fortunate that my husband and I could live together as long as we did.”
AIR Hero Dec24
Fresh out of flight training on the eve of World War II, young Noel Gaylor became squadron mates with two of the legends of U.S. naval aviation—Butch O’Hare (left) and Jimmy Thach. Gaylor remembered Thach as “a remarkable man, a remarkable officer, and a remarkable leader in so many ways.”