Years ago I posted a link to a story about little Bedford, Virginia, which waited for days for news about the "Bedford boys" and the Normandy invasion. They waited, and waited, and then the telegraph received an ominous message, "We have casualties." And it didn't stop clacking, as message after message poured in, all with the same beginning, "The Secretary of War regrets to inform you...."
The author of that piece did an exceptional job. The story was written in that conversational style that puts you right in the middle of it. I almost felt like I knew some of the people in Bedford.
This story, about a Pan Am Clipper that had to fly home "the long way" days after the Pearl Harbor attack, is another example of quality storytelling.
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