Barefoot to Wings

BAREFOOT TO WINGS is the story of Albert V. Malone from birth through his growing up during the Great Depression era, the droughts of 1934 & 1936, service in the Army Air Forces and completion of studies to become a chemical engineer. The hardships and challenges of living without electrical power and water-on-tap on the rural Ozark Plateau is detailed and peppered with the homilies, humor, colloquialisms, and folk tales of his family and Ozark neighbors. The fears and travail of flying 30 combat missions over Europe as a navigator of B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II are described graphically.