All Eternity Lies Before Me

A Suspense-filled Real-life Drama Perfect For Veterans And Fans Of Military Dramas Alike, The Author Interweaves Her Memories As A Navy Pilots Wife With The Tale Of What Happened To Her Husbands Crew After Having To Ditch Their Crippled Plane In Stormy North Pacific Waters During The Cold War. Alfa Foxtrot 586, A P-3 Orion Turboprop, Was Conducting A Sensitive Cold War Mission Off The Kamchatka Peninsula On October 26, 1978, When A Propeller Malfunction Turned Into Four Engine Fires And The Pilot--loreen Grigsbys Husband, Jerry--was Forced To Ditch Into Remote, Mountainous Seas Churned By A Frigid North Pacific Storm. The Aircraft Sank Within Ninety Seconds, Taking One Of The Three Rafts With It--which Left Thirteen Men To Huddle Together In The Remaining Two Rafts, The Smaller Of Which Soon Began To Leak.