As a memoir, the book is written in his first person and wartime combat aviator’s vernacular. Moments such as the tension, drama, and euphoria of the first carrier-qualifying landings, and –– later in the war —flying over Iwo Jima, being hit by a Japanese Zero, and, against the odds in his wounded plane, making an emergency carrier landing are excellent reading.
WELL DONE is a splendid life story, nicely presented by a dedicated and talented partner – U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, A. Denis Clift is Vice President for Planning and Operations, U.S. Naval Institute