“Women Can’t Fight” (Webb), 185–87
Woolsey, James, 194
world speed records, 47
Wright, 29
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, 59
Yale University, 8
Yankee Station, 99–101, 104–6
Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, 101
Z-Grams, 167
Zimolzac, Frank, 184–85
Zumwalt, Elmo, Jr., 164, 166–68
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
VICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE excelled in the classroom and on the athletic fields of his native Tennessee, and at the United States Naval Academy. He became an outstanding naval aviator, a test pilot, a squadron commander, and an esteemed leader. He was shot down and captured during the Vietnam War and was credited by fellow POWs for his unwavering bravery and leadership in the prison camp during six years of incarceration. After repatriation, he picked up the pieces of his life and put them together in a way that demonstrated his tireless will to overcome obstacles and to succeed in his beloved U.S. Navy.
Admiral Lawrence rose to flag rank, was Superintendent of the Naval Academy, commanded the Third Fleet, and was on the threshold of achieving four-star rank when illness forced his retirement after thirty-seven years in uniform. In the succeeding years he wrote extensively, held a chair at the Naval Academy, fought the miseries of a stroke and various other maladies, but endured—largely through the love of his wife, Diane, his own driving will to live, and the support of his intimate friend, fellow midshipman, and supreme patriot, H. Ross Perot. Admiral Lawrence passed away in December 2005.
ROSARIO RAUSA, a retired U.S. Navy captain and naval aviator, is the editor of Wings of Gold magazine, the voice of the Naval Aviation Foundation. He has written or coauthored seven nonfiction books on aviation subjects.
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