The Long Way Home

An incredible true story. This book chronicles the tough journey home of the crew of a Pan-am 314 flying boat in the weeks just after the Pearl Harbor attack. Trapped far from home by the war, Captain Ford and his crew were forced to make an almost impossible 31,500 mile journey with inadequate supplies, fuel, and charts. The story is little known now and was overshadowed by the events of the war at the time. While reading this story, I was struck again and again by the skill, courage, and can-do attitude of the crew. Part of the Greatest Generation indeed.
Good book.