The story of the reporter for a Marine publication who falls into the hands of the Japanese and is saved by the atomic bomb [Flying Correspondent] is wildly exciting, and probably not a bit more implausible than the things that really happened. We particularly enjoyed the dialogue, which was amusing and natural, and a great improvement on the heroics to which we were accustomed when the Boy Allies were at Liége.

Jane Cobb and Helen Dore Boylston, "Life & Letters: 'Flying Correspondent'," in The Atlantic Monthly (copyright © 1947, by The Atlantic Monthly Company, Boston, Mass.; reprinted with permission), Vol. 179, No. 5, May, 1947, p. 130.