MATS and Me: WAVES Flight Attendants on Military Aircraft Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great-reading novel, based on the rich and interesting history of naval air transport in the late '40s; and is mostly about some of the great "little people" who helped to make it all happen.
Most Americans are unaware of the fact that our Navy had (and still has) a small airline of its own; which is used to fly high priority cargo and personnel anywhere in the world, at a moment's notice. This is part of that story.
Billye Grymwade was one of a small group of U. S. Navy WAVES who volunteered to become flight orderlies in the hectic days just after World War Two. She draws from her own rich experience and from the experiences of several of her flight orderly colleagues, to spin a very believable tale.
Her stories, based primarily on facts, are fascinating; and the various intertwined sub-plots of her characters clearly describes the exciting, and often dangerous, lives of these pioneering young women.
Needless to say, the work they were involved with was often dangerous. However, the exotic places they visited, and the fascinating people they met (and sometimes fell in love with); more than made up for the many tedious hours they spent in the air.
The book, published by the Puma Press, is fresh, historically accurate and very readable.

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"MATS and Me" Who is "me"? A woman who was part of the women's flight-orderly history in the Navy, beginning in 1946. Read about their adventures: the countries and cultures they saw, tasted and experienced; A page-turner, you'll wonder what can happen next. A kaleidoscope of personalities. The big and little surprises in their lives. "They" were a select group of WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). In post-WWII, this group served another purpose: They answered the call to replace male flight orderlies who were getting discharges from the Navy to go home at the end of WW II. --- from book's back cover

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