I Was There When the World Stood Still by K. Ray Marrs (AUTHOR SIGNED) - 2003

Bloomington, IN: 1st Books Library, 2003 1st Books Library, Bloomington, IN. 2003. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight smudging to textblock edges. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 448 pp 8vo. After graduating from high school in Arkansas City, KS, the author joined the Navy V-5 Flight Training program, passed the flight and ground portions and was in the Navy as an Aviator in 1943. Assigned to PBYs he flew in North Africa and Gibraltar, and was in England in January of 1945 for VE Day and reassignment back to the USA for Pacific duty training only to have VJ Day stop his orders and allow him to leave th service to return to farming in Kansas. A well documented book on becoming and being a pilot in WWII. A clean very presentable copy.