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On the Edge
In 1920 Bill Disbrow had his first airplane ride with his dad in a Jenny WWI trainer when he was five. This ignited his desire to be an Army Air Corps pilot. He finally applied in 1935 but failed his physical due to high blood pressure from excitement. He tried three more times. After Pearl Harbor, he was turned down because he was married, but the marriage ban was lifted and he was in and getting shot at. He always thought he could fly and sailed through Cadets in 1943, the oldest Cadet at 28. He was finally a pilot! He expected to go to P-38 fighter school but wound up as a B-24 co-pilot. His pilot and Bill flew their B-24 from Hamilton Field to Italy. Bill flew 50 missions for the 15th Ai...
Queen of Queens
A drag queen extraordinaire, female escort, and unbeknownst to any of his friends and family, undercover agent for the Los Angeles Police Department details his colorful and strange life.
Fun-E-Mail
The Internet has spawned many new industries and activities, but none more inane than the distribution of jokes. Galey has collected these in a compendium of humor, from blonde jokes to bathroom humor, from trashy contributions to historical trivia.
Me Here in Kenya, I Am Fine
When I saw the Peace Corps advertisement in my neighborhood post office, I couldn't think of any compelling reasons not to volunteer. teacher in Riverside, California and joined the Peace Corps. She was sent to a small village in Kenya, where she taught English in a girls' secondary school. Letters, journal entries, and anecdotes chronicle her experience.
Forgotten Fifteenth
November 1943—May 1945—The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler’s vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich’s southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England, the Fifteenth Air Force engaged in high-risk missions spanning most of the European continent. The story of the Fifteenth Air Force deserves a prideful place in the annals of American gallantry. In his new book, Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler’s War Machine, Tillman brings into focus a seldom-seen multinational cast of characters, including pilots from Axis nations Ro...
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