People/Characters Beer Barrel

Member of the landing crew aboard the USS Savo of Task Force 77. "An enormous man, six feet three, more than 250 pounds." Likes beer. A lot. Possessed of an almost supernatural ability to land pilots safely under any conditions: "A fearfully bad naval officer and in some ways a disgrace to his uniform, but everyone felt better when he came aboard a carrier, for he could do one thing. He could land planes."