Edwards Park, WWII fighter pilot and one of the founders of Smithsonian magazine recounts his experiences as a young American flier in a backwater of the war--the jungles of New Guinea. Beaver Squadron"s P-39s were badly outmatched by the Japanese Zeroes, but they held the line. Park"s account, often humorous, often moving, is faithful to the spirit of his old comrades and the planes they loved.