US Navy pilot loses an eye in a crash whilst taking off a carrier in the Pacific Theater, is a real sport about it!

>That afternoon, the destroyer *Blue* returned Perry Teaff back to *[Enterprise](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/USS_Enterprise_%28CV-6%29_in_Puget_Sound%2C_September_1945.jpg)*. [Dusty Kleiss](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Dusty_Kleiss_with_his_Distinguished_Flying_Cross.jpg) found that his buddy was taking it pretty well in spite of the crash that had cost him an eye. Teaff joked that he would get two new glass eyes, a “sporty” version for weekdays and a slightly bloodshot one for the “morning after.” Cleo Dobson visited Teaff in sick bay and also found his buddy to be in jovial spirits. Teaff’s first comment to him was, “Dobbie, do you think a one-eyed farmer can plow a straight furrow?” ___________________________ **Source:** Moore, Stephen L. “Island Raiders.” *Pacific Payback: The Carrier Aviators Who Avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway*. NAL Caliber, 2014. 120. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Kleiss, *VS-6 Log of the War*, 65. ___________________________ **Further Reading:** USS Enterprise (CV-6) / “The Big E”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CV-6) [Norman Jack “Dusty” Kleiss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Kleiss) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**