Only by God's Grace and Duct Tape

<p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>My father like most men who served in WWII rarely discussed their experiences in life and</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>especially during their time in combat. I wrote this book for my children my descendants</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>and relatives to pass along my adventures and for them to see how God worked throughout</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>my life to mold protect and guide me to become the man I am today. As you read this book</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>you will see how a young farm boy was blessed with the opportunity to fix and fly on the new</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>UH-60 Blackhawk and be selected for pilot training when no one thought it was possible.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>You will be amazed to see how I went on to fly the AH-1 Cobra F-16C F-15E and was given</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>the opportunity to lead 120 Air Force paratroopers for the largest combat jump since WWII.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I will discuss my transition to become an airline pilot and how my career path was very</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>nonstandard. When you finish the book you will understand how God's Grace protected</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>me from a helicopter crash during a small aircraft crash flying NVGs in the treetops and</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>diving at the ground during bombing runs as 700mph parachuting with hundreds of troops</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>into confined areas the many other situations I found myself in. I am not a perfectionist but</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>what I call an 80% solutions guy and Duct Tape is my Go To tool to get things fixed Good</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Enough to get the mission accomplished. I hope my descendants and anyone else who reads</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>this book will see that If you do the Right things for the Right reasons which are moral and</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(6 8 31 0.88); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>legal God will guide and protect you.</span></p>