Dick Best, A Real Flyboy

摘要

On June 4,194.2, U.S. Navy Lt. Richard "Dick" Best was in exactly the right place at the right time doing what he wanted to do: winning his part of World War Ⅱ. A consummate professional, he was a different person in real life than the hot-dogging and dive-bombing flyboy portrayed in "Midway" last year. Born in New Jersey in 1910, Best was by his own admission "in love with the Marine Corps." And he was going to fly. Entering the U.S. Naval Academy in 1928, Midshipman Best quickly learned- among other things- how to palm a dollar at a well-known spot outside the gate in exchange for a pint of rye.