212714 Lt.Cmdr. William I. Goldman United States Navy from:Doylestown, PA William Goldman picked the Navy because "I wanted clean white sheets when I went to bed at night; I didn't want to sleep in the mud," He served as a Navy pilot from 1943 to 1947, and was honorably discharged in November 1956 from the reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
He had wanted to go to sea, but was turned down due to flat feet and a slight overbite. He questioned the finding, saying he would neigher "stomp" not "bite" the enemy, but his fate as a blimp pilot was sealed. He trained at Lakehurst, N.J. and was transferred in 1944 to Amapa, Brazil. At the time many U.S. chips were carrying bauxite ore from Paraguay, needed to make aluminum, a valuable wartime commodity. The goal was to watch over American cargo boats making their way through enemy-infested waters. Under his watch on the blimp, no ship was attacked by enemy submarines.
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