Blood And Iron (2008)
Blood And Iron
“The disease had done its best to steamroller him into the grave. Something like a dozen sailors aboard the USS Remembrance had died. Many more, like him, remained weaker and slower than they were before they got sick.He could still do his job, though, and do the hundreds of jobs any sailor had to do when he wasn’t at his battle station. And, as the Remembrance worked with the aeroplanes she carried, learning what they could and couldn’t do, he occasionally found time to marvel.This was one of t...hose times. He stood by the superstructure as the Remembrance steamed in the North Atlantic, watching while a Wright two-decker approached the stern. A sailor with semaphore paddles directed the aeroplane toward the deck. The pilot had to pay more attention to the director than to his own instincts and urges; if he didn’t, he’d end up in the drink.“Come on,” Sam muttered. He’d been watching landings for a while now. Just the same, they made him sweat. If he couldn’t take them for granted, what were they like for the fliers?MoreLess
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