Ted Veal's WAR & PEACE

Survivor of Baltimore crash in the Abruzzi, Ted Veal, is a member of the Caterpillar Club—one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. It has no rule book, no chairman, it holds no meetings and there is only one qualification: you must bail out of an aircraft before it crashes for your parachute to save your life. World War II story. Ted Veal, born in London married Deirdre Wilkinson, a Canadian/Irish, and now lives in Wicklow, Ireland.