The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-26
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 Wifh 4he Com nAandcr of the sonth Atlantic Force (Delayed) {: rho twin-motored plane that brought only three of us to this Brazilian base made "A landings in N1fes days we don't do this .ften," explained the pilot, "but the men based all along the line have to get some mail now and then" . All the other passengers were dis 6ossessed-the other two being 8 naval officer and civilian with a No. Priority He said he had made the trip more often than many of the pilots I hadn't slept tor nearly 90 hours before showing okf--what with this and that last moment item to attend And so after one long look at the beauti- llll Greater MiaIn. below I removed Su1y shoes, opened the collar button and slept beautifully for an hour and . half .. Cuba.
 When the crew delivered its mail and cargo here 1t was off again for the Domenican epublic and all the other suffocating with humidity stops ;. It was good getting back Into the skies where it was always necessary to wear blankets-even while crossing the Equator i. The Captain of the plane came out of his pew to talk "This is where we usually have a ceremony" he said. "It is a traditional cere- taony, you know. We dive and zcom and scare the dickens out of sverybody-and then you really are a short-snorter." GA short-snorter H eligible to this most exclusive elub only after he or she has flown Tcross a continent or an ocean) !. MBut," added Captain orr, i've just got orders to cut it all out. Last Neck two soldiers got broken legs Aeing initiated"
 = Bad weather kept Us from mak- Ing Port of Spain on schedule . We were delayed at a spot for the night atthe cleanest hotel of them Ill A tiny British hotel, spot 4iiessly white, where all the guests Tuned in on London BEG '. Just ms we were told to turn in and be Wp at 3 a. m. to shove off at 4:30 n-the bellhop said l was wanted on 4he phone "Me?" I asked him. HNobody knows fe down herel" Ehe voice on the phone was a Cor boral from Brooklyn we just heard you were here," he said @Would you let Us send a jeep to bring you down to meet all the fel- lbrs? We haven't seen anyone from home for five months" was Seep'd to the barracks, where they told me Mrs. Roosevelt once spent Inc night Gas did Mme. Chiang Kali ahek) and I stayed up telling them Inc news of the day before-and xhe news for half year-so starved were they all--for news even that old The only American woman Ehere is a pretty army nurse It &as fun staying up until midnight 1elling them every gag I knew.
 a The only disturbing item was that Everywhere I met uniformed men, one oc more would invariably say: %'1t iD true that you once said on Nl1e air that the war will be open
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 plied. " am blamed for that one Everywhere go."
 = = "Wsli," said one officer, i've used Ac hear that LloydS of London was rfferlns odds it'd be over in 8 0days ~-you oughta enjoy the jlxtapost- &on, Lioyds of London and Win eheliI" told them it was obvi- nus enemy propaganda to get Us all coEnplacent again - and that 0Dbody knew when the war would Gnd. That it would end-when we Min 1tI
 @"We were Deanna Durbin and Judy Garland killed in 8 plane etash7" they asked me That's another phony rumor," I said. "1t originated over the Jap radio to depress the men in the Solomons. NY Albany editor exposed that one 6ng ago in the Albany paper. I fkprinted 1t to help debunk it, but I Rgiess I helped circulate it."
 = The sunrise was thrilling So Nas the first sight of the Amazon
 If anyone ever tells you that xou don't get the shivers and Shud- iers--loolking down at all that jungle
 -don't believe it Especially
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