MACKINLAY KANTOR
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Andersonville 

“What James Jones has done for the Army in
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, Kantor does
for the Air Force and their love affairs
in the orient… Has a gripping interest.”
—DALLAS TIMES HERALD  

They Lived Only For Today  

An unforgettable novel of the air war in Korea, the men of the 68th Bomb Group and the women who shared their lives behind the lines in Japan.  

Fraternizing between pilots and wives of men at the front was forbidden. But Korea was far away and every time a plane left on a mission no one knew if it would return . . . and some women got lonely.  

Between missions the men were lonely, too. Many took refuge in geisha houses. Major Gregory Wolford found Tony Borley—whom he'd once loved but refused to marry because he believed he'd die in combat. 

Now Tony was on the base—married to a fighter pilot—and more desirable than ever . . . and their mutual attraction threatened to break their vows to duty and marriage.  

"A romance with the thunder of
Korean guns in the background...
Compelling and meaningful."
—BIRMINGHAM NEWS