Wings of Gold Wings of Truth
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“Joe we’ve been hit”.
“It’s not the flak you see that you need to be concerned about”, they said, “it’s the flak you don’t see that you need to worry about.” I had not seen anything but the target, but the red lights on my cockpit warning panel told me that the bump we felt was more than clear air turbulence. In one instant my life could dramatically change. The words of William Ernest Hensley’s Invictus which I had chosen as my life’s verse, “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul” had come to an inglorious end. “Please God, if you’re there help me. I don’t want to be a POW, and I sure would like to see my wife and my two little girls again.”
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This is the story of Fritz’s goals and aspirations and how his boyhood dreams led him to the Naval Academy, Naval Flight Training, and to the skies over North Vietnam. Join him as he describes the thrill and challenges of flying off and onto an aircraft carrier, entering combat in the world’s foremost fighter, the frustrations of limited objectives and obstructive rules of engagement, and the pivotal event that changed his life forever.
He shares the disillusionment, anger, and sense of betrayal that so many veterans experienced, as a result of our nation’s failure of leadership. With the death of that boyhood dream came a search for meaning. This search eventually led to truth, redemption, the discovery of purpose in this life, and hope for the life to come.
Find how you too can experience that same life change. He describes how he has found answers to life’s greatest questions and how those answers address every area of life. With a new world view based on Truth, Fritz speaks to the issues of purpose, relationships, finances, suffering, and leaving a legacy.
About the Author
Fritz Klumpp was shot down and rescued as a Navy fighter pilot flying the F-4 Phantom in Vietnam. He went on to fly 136 combat missions and complete 356 carrier landings. His military decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, eleven awards of the Air Medal, and the Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Valor. After combat, he was an F-4 acceptance test pilot. He retired after almost thirty years as a captain and senior flight instructor with Delta Airlines. He lives with his wife of fifty-seven years, Ann, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.