Cattales by Win Stites 82 pages

As a history aficionado, I do enjoy a good read that explores more than what happened. I also love to dive into the why. However, every now and then, the best stories are not the ones that are researched, categorized, and written by historians. The great ones are written by those that were there. The “first hand’ accounts.

Some of these stories can be embellished for entertainment. Just like a fisherman, these stories can stretch the imagination of the one that got lost. Those are the qualities that make these stories an enjoyable read.

Cattales is one of those reads. The book is a collection of stories from PBY-5 Catalina fliers in the days of WWII. They range from accounts from the Aleutians to training on the east coast. I personally got a good chuckle from some, especially the first one about the weather report for Adak. Since I have a first-hand account of the weather on the island.

This book was an easy and fast read that just allows the mind to relax and laugh.