Milan Vrekic

“Whoever finds this wreck—please mail these letters for us. We waited so long for you—where were you? Our daily log is here for you to see in the folded Airman’s Guide.”
― Ross Nixon, Finding Carla: The Story that Forever Changed Aviation Search and Rescue

“It was Carla and Phyllis’s diary that broke the political gridlock and spurred the government to take action. Since 1970, human lives saved by ELT radios worldwide number in the thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands. With the development of the newer 406 MHz beacons, thousands more will be found. The ELT story is directly traceable to the suffering of Carla, Phyllis, and Alvin F. Oien, Sr. in The Viking.”
― Ross Nixon, Finding Carla: The Story that Forever Changed Aviation Search and Rescue

“The Ghost Army’s deception equipment was recycled to be used in the army’s “Aggressor Force” training program. It was a hypothetical enemy to train against, with the unstated goal of fighting communism. As for the artists, actors, technicians, magicians and designers of the Ghost Army, they kept silent about their war experiences because the records were still classified Top Secret. Some stayed in the military to continue their careers, while most returned to civilian life faced with answering the question, “What did you do in the war, daddy?” They could reply with an ETO travelogue of impressive adventures without ever mentioning how they had a personal hand in conning Adolf Hitler.”
― Gerry Souter, The Ghost Army: Conning the Third Reich

“The starving person in a catabolic condition is often too weak to sense thirst and they become easily dehydrated. Movement becomes painful due to the muscle weakness and cracked, dry skin.”
― Ross Nixon, Finding Carla: The Story that Forever Changed Aviation Search and Rescue