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From the Aviation research/reference library of Jerry Crandall
My Hundred Years
by William W. Edel, 1894 – 1994+
Condition; very good
Author produced, 1994, signed to Jerry and Judy by author’s daughter
This book covers Edel’s memories from his earliest years into his 100th year. I details his school das; his unusual college activities; his duties on U.S. cruisers, battleships and other craft; his service with the U.S. Marine Corps and his life on the South Pacific Islands. His life and memories include his service through two world wars, with a Chinese revolution between them and his experience as senior chaplain of one of the largest training stations and Naval hospital. He has be published in various magazines since 1915 and as the historian of the Nav Chaplain’s Corps for 20 years, he has been published in such places as the Naval Institute Proceedings. He was the father-in-law to American Fighter ace Mac McWhorter. With 12 air victories in 89 combat missions Mac McWhorter was the first carrier-based pilot to become an F6F double Ace. He retired from the navy in 1969.
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