Background
Botts, Jack Chester was born on October 11, 1924 in Ludden, North Dakota, United States. Son of Dwight Chellis and Velcia Myrtle (Swafford) Botts.
(Straight and Level is a personal account of a North Dakot...)
Straight and Level is a personal account of a North Dakotan who went directly from high school in 1942 to Army Air Forces training and a B17 bomber crew in Europe during World War II. From old diaries, letters, records and memory, the author recreates both the rigors of training and the panic and frenzy of combat missions.
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Botts, Jack Chester was born on October 11, 1924 in Ludden, North Dakota, United States. Son of Dwight Chellis and Velcia Myrtle (Swafford) Botts.
Bachelor of Arts Nebraska, 1949. Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1950.
City desk reporter Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal, 1948-1949, city editor, 1951, telegraph editor, 1952-1966, editorial writer, 1957-1960. Assistant professor journalism University Nebraska, 1966-1968, associate professor, 1968-1973, professor, 1973-1990, chairman department, 1972-1990. Manuscript editor, since 2002.
(Straight and Level is a personal account of a North Dakot...)
Sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member Society Professional Journalists (state president 1973), Associated Press Managing Editors (committee chairman 1978), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Dorris Maxine Everhart, September 10, 1950. Children: Jeffrey, Christian, Melanie, Michael.