My favorite comment is at the very end: "I do quite a bit of traveling in the States...This is a good chance to get in close contact with some of my former opponents. I am very close friends now with Colonel Hub Zemke; and it was his wing that shot off my thumb (5th Fighter Group), and we know exactly who got me. It was Joseph Powers. I have a lot of friends over there."
Surprising that former enemies could become such close friends but I suppose their experience as fighter pilots in WWII gives them a lot in common!