PADDLES!

Autobiography of one young naval officer's brief World War II career as a carrier Landing Signal Officer on the carrier "Belleau Wood" in the Pacific. It details incidents and anecdotes, from the hilarious to the harrowing. The book begins with conversion of a twenty-one year old wet-behind the ears ensign from fighter gunnery instructor to senior LSO in just four months, and follows him through twenty-seven months of fast paced air operations in the naval air combat environment.