Pushing the Envelope by Maj Gen Marion E Carl Usmc
First published in 1994, this stirring autobiography of a fighter and test pilot takes readers full throttle through Carl's imposing list of firsts. Beginning with his World War I career, he gained such commendations as first Marine Corps ace, among the first Marines ever to fly a helicopter, and first Marine to land aboard an aircraft carrier. His combat duty included the momentous battles at Midway and Guadalcanal. Not one to rest on his laurels, however, he participated in photoreconnaissance operations over Red China in 1955 and flew missions in Vietnam. In peacetime he gamed fame for pushing the envelope as a test pilot, adding the world's altitude and peace records to his wartime feats and becoming the first U.S. military aviator to wear a full pressure suit. Such achievements also led to Carl's being the first living Marine admitted to the Naval Aviation Hall of Honor, as well as the first Marine to be named to the Navy Carrier Aviation Test Pilots Hall of Honor. This very readable memoir is as forthright and compelling as the man it chronicles.-
The Man Who Never Was
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Reach for the Sky
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The Sand Pebbles
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The Fleet the Gods Forgot
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The American Black Chamber
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Requiem for Battleship Yamato
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Fields of Fire
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Brown Water, Black Berets
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Colder than Hell
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The Evaders
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They Were Expendable
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The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II
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The Big E
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Can Do!
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Sense of Honor
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The Pacific War Remembered
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Last Gentleman of War
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Destroyer Squadron 23
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A Signal Victory
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LeJeune
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Lady in the Navy
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The Hunters and the Hunted
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Iwo
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In the Hands of Fate
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Cochrane
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The Shame of Savo
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The Potemkin Mutiny
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Pettibone's Law
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Mother Was a Gunner's Mate
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To the Shores of Tripoli
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Pre-Astronauts
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Believed to be Alive
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PT 105
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Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet
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Cold is the Sea
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U-Boat Ace
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Dictionary of Naval Terms
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Bloody Winter
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The Ghost That Died at Sunda Strait
The late Maj. Gen. Marion E. Carl retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1973 with eighteen aerial combat victories and 14,000 flight hours. Award-winning aviation writer Barrett Tillman is the author of books on the Corsair, Crusader, Hellcat, and Dauntless Dive Bomber, all published by the Naval Institute Press.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781591148661 |
| ISBN 10 | 1591148669 |
| Title | Pushing the Envelope |
| Author | Maj Gen Marion E Carl Usmc |
| Series | Bluejacket Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
| Year published | 2014-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |