Tough memories

A throwback, an admiral, a general ... and Falco. Also, 7 other things worth your time.

A little while ago — 32 newsletters ago, in fact — I shared the story of a South Vietnamese air force pilot named Buang-Ly, who stole a single-engine, two-seater airplane during the fall of Saigon, packed it with his wife and five children, and escaped advancing communist forces via a daring landing aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier.

One of my littl…