Walter Mount joined the U.S. Navy in January of 1943 in Dallas as an aviation cadet, P-5. He trained in Corpus Christi and Kingsville. The training in Corpus involved landing on a runway within the outline of the landing deck of an aircraft carrier. After receiving his wings in January of 1944, he was sent to the Glenview, Ill., base on Lake Michigan where pilots qualified for carrier duty by having six successful landings and takeoffs from an old coal shuttle that had a landing deck mounted on top. read more