magazine, steven rodrick, author of "the majle stranger" a son's journey into his father's life which looks amazing. >> i grew up in pensacola, florida, big navy town and i had friends i went to school with whose fathers died in vietnam when they were 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. >> sure. >> and they just seemed in a way to take their father with them and many decided to become navy pilots themselves. >> sure. >> but you have a similar story about your dad. >> i do. my father was -- had just become commanding officer of his squadron and was killed in a plane crash off the kitty hawk when i was 13. the sort of extra tragedy i was supposed to -- they have these tiger cruises where you can meet your family in hawaii and come back on the boat with him. i was about to meet him and have that experience of seeing what he did. i knew he flew jet office a carrier and stuff like that but i didn't get to havehave that