My New Guinea Diary

About this book

The Secret Landing of the 6th TCS and the 1942 New Guinea Campaign. Ford brings the reader into the cockpit and the mind of a young green pilot who had nothing going for him but guts a desire to serve his country and an uncanny instinct for making death-defying split-second decisions when defeat seemed imminent. This first-hand blow-by-blow account delivers an overdose of adrenalin-laced battle scenes along with insightful reflections about war Army-brass enemies flying God and survival strategy. The 6th Troop Carrier Squadron with only thirteen C-47s was the first to be assigned to New Guinea--shortly after General MacArthur declared the island un-winnable.