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NO MOVIE TONIGHT
24 5011RS At j, 8-29 FISLD
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...udal. chlirtaor
fora.Lione and t.ake-oCC tection and strict. cUscip1ine "'in the
data, • corporal in ratigues is finish- air. The ICen respect. and like hie; tor
It is anot.her one of t.hoae hot. un- ing. up ot today,'. t..arget. '!'be Colonel hie fr1encl,y uruMr. and because of
costortlbia a!t.ernoons at North field on enters and the brlet1n£ begins. a ..... Uut.lon t.hat their t1e;ht air dis...
Gua=.. Gr\r J bie-Lad clouds hang Eot,lon- cipline haa been responsible for saving
less in the sk;y thrutening t.o looae ItOra than a te1l' lives.
the ,i.
t.orrents of nino St.retching as tar
can see, silvery ~29's
renely on their hard-st.ands. the field
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The intcr:r.at.ion is not. new
ot t.he Mil. The,. have bHn over all t.his
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Good r\IIt.ured jeering greet.s t.he never flippant. before a. toc~ one.
It. i8 juat. aft.er lunch and t.ha weather otficer. EvoT)'one knows that. he
ground crew a:en are drUt.1ns back by nearly IIl..ys says the saee thing - wea- With clOCK work precision each
ones and t.wos t.o continue work on t.heir t.hor w1.ll be bad. This t.ice 1e no excep- speaker uses hla allot.ed t.1I:e end pre'"
• airplane". Their unhurriod 1Il0v~nt.s tion. With wrr huaor he describes t.he a8MS the tacts tully and clearly. "he
give lit.tle indicat.ion of t.he at.rese un- "int.eresting" a.!..tuat1o:l in the area 8fld operational data is t.oe auch for any one
der ",Mch they have been wordng ever concludes by aa)'ing that. bcnbing will brain to hold, so the men break up into
~l.he firat. millSion. They go quiet.l.,y probably be by inatru::lent.:l. 8.%&11 groups for sp4l:c1.al1zad briefing ot
t and lte.hodlca.lly about. their jobs; 1I'het 20 minutes each for pilota. navigators.
, see.:.8 like indltrerence 18 act.ually 8 The operat.ions officer stresses bcx'.bardiers. rader .en, gunners and
sureneas devalopad by long experience rescue and ditching procudurtls. wat.ches radio operet.ors. They taka not.es, ask
under trying conditione. They know the are synchronb:ed, end t.he chaplain of- quoaLions and list.en attent.ively. There
fault.s and virtuea and, inner workings ot fers e prayer. The laat. speaker ia the 10 no tonr.alit.)' and no ,,'ut.ed t1.lll.e. The
t.heir nirplanaa as ot (I dotll'ly beloved Colonel. aesaione over, t.he Clen dash over to the
friend. Il:e5S hall for a tull, heavy t::oal and
Ho is • tall. youngish. ensrgetic. Lhen Lo relax or write a lott.ar.
In a large wooden-bench-filled roar. c1e;ar-8l:lOlcing citizen of Texa8 (and the
.!h!. f!.i8!'t. ~re.:s begin to gst.hor for the USA). with a brilliant. rucord u a 8-26 In the un hall t.h.e c.on est heart.-
brierina:. Phot.ographs of· previous group cOJl1lll8nder in t.he 8uropean thoat.re. ily. There ore a ~ew pract.ical jokeaLars
st.ri~es and Jap inetellat.ions cover the A hard t.ulal.ast.er dur1ne; the training but. llloat. ot t.he ll:f:In just tolk about ex-
walla. and on a a:r.all st.aye up tront period. hu p.aaion8te~ insiaLs on per- periencea on previous lfl1seio:ls. tho ~
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today's strike.
detAil:! of hia hands slowl,y upward
doors =ia1c his ~vugent.s
and t.he boltb-bay
and close. He
There gee:! the "City of Spr1.r.gfield"
her pUot. on his 34th l:Iiulon a.nd a Lech
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the old t1A:ers are In their m1ddle or sajestlc.l11y dO\lln the t.axbrsy. The roar- ~ of • radio oper~tor on his l)~ais:....,
lata henties. Since February t.heir ing 8n,;ines ot 8-29' II flanldng her route 31on. Next 1, the ReiLy of ,ueens" I
outtit hIS been over Ja~n eve:-y t.wo lend LhWldfU'OUS applause LO her journey" going up tor the 34th tke, wings w0b-
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• PART TWO
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• There ant fin iVings of 9-29" in In talking about 'Wounded and he~
, of -Honor -8CKlI'Ig the B-2:9 .Een.
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and )15th on Guam. All or LhelD..(:omprb.. 1mpNlsaion of knolling their Joba lind do-
ina: 1Il0" than 500 airplanes are beading releaaing phoephorus bombs thru & chute 1."Ig their work "ell. The aaost super-
tor Japan tonight. in the airplana. \;'hUe over the target
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takes, learn1n£ 8S sc:cet:1=es cost.ly,
Utsincxa1ya. Ichincadya. tsuruga J and an and tra11!.1n,g -.-tIS long and arduous. Col.
oU ronnery at. ICawasakl in addit.ion to
• St.orrie, who devolo?Od tight.. . fonr.ation \
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fly the giant boltbera .c.anually with
'bac", regularly ever since. Bet.ween lo!ar-
wingtips a1.clOst. t()l,lchlllg. tinley used to
eh tenth and nineteenth t.hey took part. COM back wringing vet .1.tb persp1.ration
• t.extile indust.ry converted t.o war pro- discoverln8 short. cuts and perfect.ing
ductlo:l. t.he akill of handline Clore airplanes in
2 hours than La Guardia !ield does in a
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want off prwture1,y. Bllrided and:Sutf- wander out to tho field to wat.ch for tho
n't ~eQn =uch. In this racket t.here ar- ering intense 8g0ny fTO«l bums, he nev- first airplane t.o ret.urn. At about ten
en't many wounded. The w.en oit.her come ertheless carried the blazing b~b a- ndnutea t.o eight t.ho faint black spot.s
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t.he end of the run...)'. Kere cac:;es one line load. take oCt t1=o and other such and no airplanes 3eVtlrely da.c.aged.
ritn an engine dead. The Ittitl -.:at-ching deL. has already been entered.
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runways erG busy with the roaring of M1- again). Congregating around the coffee The brie!1ng roc. graduallr beCCl:W15
tuminl; aircraft.. counter they £ostlculate with ~Ands hol- deserted. The Red Cross girls pick up
ding dfaret.tes and talk excitedly nth their eti1pty corree cups and t.he i.ntelli-
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planes. They chat.ter incessantly as crew the :en :lit down and t.he business lines bec", hoa:.e w1ll 15cre8.lC. nSUPKRFORTS
they drag t.heir gear after t.hem and go of interrogation begins. The boalbard- HIT JAPAN AGHfl". but to the IWn go~
ort t.o t.he wa1t1n6 tnacks. It. ha3 been iers and radar ~en are int.errogated sep-
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off to their q~rters ilIa just a ~tter
a long grind. 1.4 too 16 houra in the a1r arately. of one mission done is 0tIe: less to EO.
but. they cannot rest yet.. Firat. they
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their .c1nda. the pin-up girls tacked on the ..alla and
target. ()je skidded on take-off but. no bangs B acresn door down tho street.
In t.he briefing rooa the woodtin da:.age was done. Anot.her developed en-
• benches have been arranged into U-ahaped )lothars, sweethurts and babies s=1le
gine t.rouble on the wa)' out and landed da.n from their dime store picture fram-
bootha so that each craw r..ay be int.erro- sat'ely at. Iwo J1na. Bombi.ng was ent.ire- And in the cots placed side b)'
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gated aeparately.and off in one corner ly by radar due to clouds over t.hl:l tar-
aide Along the walls of the huts the
the Red Cross haa cortea and doughnuts set (t.he weather AS bad). For the same I tired ~n are asleap.
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relldy. The intelligence officers are reason i t WAa impmible t.o aee t.he d8l!l-
equipped with prep81'ed (omll listing age done and no pictures could be taken
qu.estiona fo! thtl crews to an!l1l'er. The
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but. a greet. red glow was observed be-
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