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Howard Miner by no means anticipated to agreement the 1st documented case of the mumps in Guadalcanal history.   

As a army Black Cat, he took his proportion of percentages through the ten-hour, evening lengthy flights in darkened PBYs painted fullyyt black, looking the seas for enemy ships and downed fliers ~ the unique stealth aircrafts.  yet wartime used to be unpredictable, and no matter if touchdown on an unique tropical isle the place the ladies he observed from the air became out to be topless, or shedding wing tanks containing a wierd new substance referred to as “Napalm,” this was once sincerely a truly assorted international than he had referred to as a school pupil in Indiana.

His is a story of 7 acquaintances, all pilots who flew at evening, slept and received into mischief via day, then repeated. Their PBY Catalina odyssey stretched from the Solomon Islands to the northern tip of the Philippines and incorporated an entire diversity of missions, from seek, assault, and bombing runs, to bold sea rescues. Howard’s trip via education and excursions of accountability is skillfully captured in his paintings and narratives, framing a wartime drama with a private coming of age tale. The descriptive verse from the artist’s standpoint offers us a creatively advised and exciting portrayal of WWII’s Pacific Theater.

* * * * Miner combines his father's writings and interviews with WWII veterans to craft a loving tribute to the younger males who fought in WWII...He does his father and different WWII veterans proud. ~Publisher's Weekly/Booklife

* * * * "Sketches of a Black Cat" is a different and engaging memoir of an international conflict II strive against aviator ~ with unique and formerly unpublished sketches and pictures. This artfully crafted booklet is a needs to learn for an individual looking for a brand new and fully assorted view into the realm of struggle within the Pacific and at the domestic entrance in the course of America's maximum conflict." ~ Larkin Spivey, army historian and writer.

* * * * “From containers of notes and drawings comes a ebook illuminating a WWII pilot’s studies as a part of the Black Cat Squadron…accounts of aid missions, rescues of airmen and interactions with indigenous island peoples instructed in brilliant yet unembellished detail…a good-looking quantity that reads breezily and is punctuated with pictures and drawings from Howard’s conflict years. ~ Mike Francis
the Oregonian

* * * * "Wonderful and fantastically actual tales reminiscent of this are demise each day as we lose our WWII veterans. Kudos to Ron Miner for retaining and sharing with the remainder of us the gold of his father's journals, photographs, and drawings to convey us any such compelling examine lifestyles through the battle. this isn't just a useful and insightful ancient rfile yet a dramatic and hot own story." ~ Don Keith, WWII writer

* * * * “... Howard Miner’s memoirs are an excellent view into the area of a patrol squadron at conflict. Miner sees the struggle in the course of the eyes of an artist, revealing info of day by day existence which are usually neglected in battle time narratives. a totally stress-free story!” ~ Stewart Bailey, Curator, Evergreen Aviation and house Museum

* * * * " “As a former flight engineer aboard a PBY in WWII… i will be able to actually say I felt as if i used to be on Howard’s Catalina…so many similarities to my very own stories. i will nearly listen the drone of the engines in synchronization. Many episodes have been hot and compelling. I hugely suggest this booklet to vets, historians, and scholars. You won’t positioned down Sketches of a Black Cat until you’ve learn it cover-to-cover!” ~ Win Stites, VP-91, VP2-1 served in either Atlantic and Pacific areas in the course of WWII, Former President PBY Memorial beginning and Museum