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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-07-25

carobno lepega, prekipevajo-
cega p~oletnega dine sem sedel v
avtobus, da me popelje V mon
demo kopalisce Eupatorijo.
Poleg meme sta bila v avto-
busu: prvic ocarljivo lepa,
mlada DANA, polna z~ivljenja, z
drazestnimi zlatimi lasmi, pre-
krasnimi jamicami V licih in
bajno slokih nozic. Ogledoval
sem svojo sopotnico in Sc, pc
20 minutah notranjega boja,
smrtno zaljubil vanjo. Drugic
je bill tn mlad gizdalin z mo-
noklom.
Moi drzen BOZ S samim seboj
je lie trajal celih dvajset minut,
doGim je mladi MOI - brez
vsakrSnega boja - re pc dveh
ali treh minutah hotel dokazati,
da je edini zmisel njegovega
zivljenja - DANA z drazestno
zlato glavico.
In tedaj je nastal med me-
moi in Min neviden dvoboj
.. Oba sva Sc borila "a zlato-
lasko.
Ugotoviti moran, da so zene
in dekleta, &c so Sc tako lepe
in cistokrvne, izredno navihana
in prekanjena bitja, XII reSujejo
S svoje srcne zadeve pc ma
celu izklicatelja ma javnih dra-
zbah.
Vzemimo ma primer kovinast
pladenj "a posetnice. xiv krst
ga ne rabi in nihce Sc ne do
misli, da bi kupil tax pladenj v
trgoVini 80. Toda, &c je pladenj
razstavljen ma drazbi in sklica-
tell pravi: "Kovinast pladenj
100 rubljev! Kdo da vec??" -
Sosed takoj zaklice $50 rub
LEV" in ljudje vzplamte ter ga
toliko casa draze, dokler nj pla-
denj njihov.
Do picice tako ravnajo zene
in dekleta z mozmi. &c so v
druzbi dveh ali treh mladih liu-
di, izigravajo drugega prot dru-
gemu in kdor plaza najvisji
Vlozek, zmaga.
10 posedemo V avtobusu ma
svoja mesta, pravi Golobucev
- tako je mlademu gizdavcu
inc -, da je srecen, ker ina
tako drazesten vis-a-vis. Skusal
sem ga pobiti S pripombo, da
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-07-25
Ma Ceskem ne bo nobe-
mega nemskequ Iisto

Docim so bill Nemci v pred
vojni cehoslovaski popolnoma
enakopravni in imeli vse jezi-
kovne pravice v. krajih z vecino
nemskega prebivalstva tudi ma
sodiscih, pa so sedaj oh vse.
Pred vojno so imeli dnevnike in
vsake sorte druge publikacije,
sedaj pa nj dovoljen tam noben
nemski list. Pa tudi potrebni
MISC. Kajti nacrt ceske Wade
doloca, da Sc maj veliko veci-
no, oziroma domalega vse Mem
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-07-25

jent IL Trsta. Ma eni klubovih
sci je zahteval, da Sc mu plaza
cd vsake igre. CLAM so Sc temu
uprli in COX je pustil.
Eaten SO bile Sc igre. Yeast
smo bill kar tribe igrovodje. Pr
eni priredbi je neki faran =
placan cd tedanjega kernela v
fari = tresel vrata v dvorani
med predstavo, da je bio suma
kot da "hudic Trbovlje trese".
Tako je Slo nekaj casa. Ma eni
izmed sci Sc je klub razpustil.
Nekdo je svetoval, da mai bla-
gajno zapijemo. Glavni vzrok
razpusta je bio nocno delo cla-
nov.
Nekako oh tenn casu ie priSlo
nekaj clanov SNPJ il Cripple
Creeka S prestopnimi listi k
drustvu "Orel" in potem vpri-
zorili nekaj iger kot clani dru-
stva in v prid druStva.
Potem smo ustanovili social
sticni klub. Pc par letih obstoja
Sc je zavzel negovati tudi dra-
matiko. V tenn klubu je bila
Rose Radovich najprvo igralka
in reziserka. Tako tudi Roblek.
Prisla je prva svetovna vojna
in klub je prenehal z vsemi pri-
reditvami in koncno nehal biti
aktiven tudi V Jugoslovanski
socialisticni zvezi. Cd tedaj da-
lie je bio lie drustvo "OreI" st.
FL SNIP aktivno ma dramskem
polju.
Ne samo dvajset, ampak tri-
deset let re igra in rezira igre
pri "Orlu'. Roblek je seveda
tudi pomagal, koliko, JAZZ ne
vem. Bill je "Orlov' clan lie emo
leto. Roblek je zelo dober, ma
darjen igralec. A gotovo je tu-
di, da visa yzpodbuda pri Orlu
"a dramatiko je bila doprineSe-
ma cd Rose Radovich. In FIR.
Pecnik seveda tudi kajpak! Am
pax ljudje Sc vcasi sami S sabo
skregajo in z vsemi. In potem
nastane ono maloduSno prere-
kanje; "Ce noceS vec bono pa
sami." Tako nekako DO tudi pri
tel stvari. Resnica pa lie ostane
resnica, da so bile predstave, XII
jih je rezirala Rose Radovich
najbolj pohvaliene cd vseh ude
lezencev.
Cd kar sem Clan OrIa - cd
kar "Orel' goji dramatiko, nj
sem dosedaj napisal nobene O.
Gene ali besede O nobeni pred
stavi. Toliko v vednost.
V Proletarcu z dine 81. juni-
ia nj "Opazovalec" V vpraSanju
KIDD zasluzi 'hvalo", nicesar
spremenil. Ma vsem svetu ie
enako: Waived "hvale" so vre-
dni tisti delavci, XII zmorejo in
znajo vcepiti ljudem veselje do
idej - do nacel, "a katere ne
smemo biti nikoli preutrujeni,
ne da bi pri tenn iskali samo-
hvale.
Kar Sc tice "opazovalcev'',
poznam med mimi tudi take, XII
SO dobri insultisti, nikdar pa
premisljeni ocenjevalci, Sc mani
pa, da hi stvarno sklepali o te-
kOSih 6OCOdkib KoLfue
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s. s. POVESTNI DEL s

njegovo letalo ma svoje in glad
ko pristal S svojim letalom,
ujetnikom in njegovim letalom
v nash postojankah -. Umlji-
vo, prejel sem "a to visoko odli-
kovanje."
Lepa plavolaska je koketno
in zaljubljeno gledala mojega
tekmeca, "a MO sem bill kratko-
malo lad acta"..
Moi Bog. vi ste junak!
Povejte mi, ali hi me ne mogli
peljati z letalom nekoliko ma
izprehod?"
81 veseljem!"
me bonn padla?"
"Ce JAZZ sedim "a krmilom,
sedite vi tako varno kakor do
ma v naslonjacu."
xvi ste tako neustraSenil Ju-
max! Z vami Sc ne bojim! Kedaj
bova letela?"
"Zaradi meme re jutri 80.
Skoda, da nimam tn svojega le-
tala."
Innate letati z vsakim leta-
lom?" sem ga navidezno brez-
brizno vpraSal.
~ vsakim, toda letalom
znamke Bleriot dajem pred
nost!"
"KakSno sreco imate!!" sem
pripomnil in 81 mel roke. "V
hangarju Eupatoriji imam
kot IL skatljice vzeta, diva nova
B~leriota. Softer, kdaj dospemo
V Eupatorijo? Oh stirih. Caro-
vito -. tam Sc bono nekoliko
odpocili, kaj zavzili in okoli pc
tin vas povedem ma letalisce.
Tam mama lahko takoj razkaze-
tie svojo letalsko umetnost in
odletite z naso drazestno sopot-
nlco ma izprehod."
Sc nikadr nisem videl Glove
ka, XII bi bill tako pobit, kakor
je bill Golubcev v tenn trenutku.
Zamrmral je nekaj, da more le-
tati lie, &c rabi izvestno vrsto
bencina, da mora predvsem u
gotoviti smer vetra, da je "a le-
TAME potrebno posebno dovo-
ljenje. Ma Use to sem mu poias-
nil, da imam dovoljenje v svo-
jem zepu.
Oh tenn Sc je nevidno zgrudil
kot oni letalec ma kolena, prosil
milosti, pojasnjeval, da ga ca
kajo V Eupatoriji nujni oprav-
XII, da DO prost sele okoli desc
tin zvecer in da bi bio potem
tezko .
Sedaj je lezal pred mojimi
nogami. Martina roka je med
tenn smuknila il njegove roke
v mojo roko. Mad mama je kro-
I'll zrakoplov in naju blagoslav-
ljal S svojimi krili -. Golobu-
cev je izgledal, kot bi pravkar
strmoglavil z letalom vred ma
tia.
Koncno je nevidno kladivo
drazbenega izklicatelja vendar
zapelo meni V prid, in zmagal
sem takorekoc "a dolzino nosa.
&c bi ne bilo te nevidne dra-
zbe, bi 81 nidkdar ne bill osvoiil
lepe, male zlatolaske -.
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&c, izzene il Ceske. To pomeni,
da Sc bo morale preseliti il ce-
Ske v Nemcijo okrog tri in pol
milijona Nemcev. In IL Slova-
Ske pa vec sto tisoc Madzarov,
Xxi pa bodo nadomeSceni S prise
litviio Slovakov IL Madzarske.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-07-25
P~riselievonie newest il
Anqliie

V Angliji Sc je poroeilo z
ameriSkimi vojaki mad 25 1000
deklet, XII sedaj cakajo, da Sc
priselijo v Zed. drzave. Mnogo
jih pride tudi IL Avstralije in
nekai IL Italije ter Francije.
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dino ga odvijem. V MENU je BIZ
10 pet krvavih klobas in pismo
sledece vsebine: "Cenjeni J. 6.
SliSala sem, da ste zopet bolni.
Ne VEN, ali potrebujete krvnih
transfuzij ali ne, a poSiljam
yam krvave klobase. Veste, v
gotovih ozirih Sc mi vaSi clanki
dopadejo, ne odobravam pa va
Sega Spikanja ma sv. oceta. "a
kaj ne posnemate clevelandske-
ga moralista Billyja Sundaya?"
K
Cenjena gospa A. NJ! Iskrena
VAN hvala "a poslane klobase.
A glede drugega, prosim, zave-
date Sc, da zivimo V svobodni
Ameriki. Clevelandski moralist
BILLY Sunday, kakor ga vi
imenujete, ina enako pravico
pisati clanke, kakor jih imam
JAZZ ali vi"
Ma Hitlerjev rojstni dan 20.
aprila t. |. so Sc S "firerjem" Sc
sli njegovi general in mu re-
xii, da Sc njihna armada naglo-
ma rusi in z MO vred tretji rajh.
V njegovem satanskem srcu Sc
je zaiskrila iskrica resnice. "Te-
ga Anglia nj zelela,' je dejal.
<
Malo vec luci. Med Londo-
nom in Titom Sc je v preteklih
mesecih prijateljstvo zelo ohla-
dilo. L. 1914 Sc je Churchillov
sin nahajal precej casa v Tito
VEN glavnem Stabs V gorah.
Nekega jutra Sc je cd Tita po-
slovil in odletel z letalom. Par
ur pozneje sc prihrumeli tia
nemSki aeroplani z gliderji, ma
polnjenimi z nacijskimi vojaki.
Bio jih je vec tisoc. Spustili so
Sc ma Titov tabor in ga napadli.
Tito jim je pobegnil in 81 resil
zivljenje v zadnji sekundi. Ma
slednji teden je odpotoval v
Moskvo.
<
Chicago Daily News priob-
cuje re precej casa belezke il
dnevnika italijanskega gang
sierra grofa Ciano, Chicago Sun
pa notice "demokrata" Goerin-
ga. Ako ne bi bill "demokrat",
mar hi mu Anglezi dovolili BIZ
vati v enemu najboljsih niihnih
hotelov?
4
V otroSkih letih sem v DO
mladnih tednih opazoval, kako
SO Sc oh nastali nevihti piScan-
CT nagloma poskrili pod peroti
svoje kokosje vzgojiteljice in
zadovoljno dremali. A neki del
mase, XII ina cloveSki me kurii)
razum pa Sc danes cudi, kako
to, da 81 evropski narodi iSceio
v teh viharnih CAST zavetja pod
sovjetsko republiko.
K
10 so Sc v Frankfurt zbrali
zmagovalni zavezniski powell
Mkt, je govoril najprvo soviet
ski poveljnik general zukov, XII
Je med drugim dejal, da so Ru-
81 nacelno prot brezposelnosti
a OBJ enem zele, da ne bi bio
treba rdeci armada nikdar vec
garati ma evropskih bojnih DO
lJanah. Kajti Sovjetska unija
hoce, da nastane ma Min trajen
mir. Kako SO to razumeli v Lon
donu in Washingtonu, do danes
nj Sc znano.
4
Vsakdo lahko prizna, da So
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Engineers Needed
by Navy Forces

Electrical, mechanical and civil
engineers are still urgently needed
by Americas expanding Navy, it was
announced today by Lieut. Com
marder N. c. Russell, in charge of
the Office of Naval Officer Pro-
curement in Detroit.
Candidates between the ages of
Is and so may receive commissions
as line officers and be assigned
to duties as engineers in assembling,
maintenance, and repair of naval
ordnance equipment ashore and
afloat or as radar officers.
Candidates for commissions must
be college graduates, although in
outstanding cases 10 to Is years ex-
perience in engineering will be con-
sidered in lieu of degree. Physical
requirements are the same as for
other officer candidates.
Still needed, too. are 5000 medical
officers. 1000 nurses and TOO chap
lains, as well as officers with spec
ialized experience in stevedoring, oil
terminal supervision, tire mainten-
ance. warehouse supervision and
packaging.
Commander Russell urged those
with the required experience to
visit his office for interviews Mon
day through Saturday between $3.50
a. m. and 5 p. m. No appointments
are necessary.
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Christian Task Is Theme
of Traininq School Speaker

The fifth session OF the Wyan-
dotte Leadership Training School
will be held on Monday evening at
7:30, at the First Methodist Church,
Biddle Ave. and Oak ST A special
speaker in the class on The Chris
tan Task" will be the Rev. Zoltan
Irshay, director of the Delray
Christian Neighborhood House. Mr..
Irsh,ay who is regarded as an
authority on European nationalities,
will speak on the subject, Amer
lean Citizens of Foreign Ancestry"
A discussion will follow, with oppor-
tunity for questions from the group.
Visitors are welcome at any of
the sessions Of this popular inter
UNCONVENTIONAL school, which is
sponsored by the cooperating Pro-
teStant churches of Wyandotte.
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Continued from Page -

There hadn't been any Jap NOR
tar shells thrown at us for quite
some time so I presumed Pistol
Petes' days of fun were over. The
story heard was that the Japs had
cave dug into the side of a large
hill, mostly all of it being coral
The opening to the cave was blocked
by two large iron doors which were
well camouflaged When they de-
cided to fire a few rounds they'd
push the guns, which were mount
ed on tracks, to the doors, open
the doors and fire five or six rounds
and then close the doors again. 1t
was a strong fortification but it
was easily knocked out when our
boys located it. These caves were
very numerous about the island,
and they caused our boys a lot of
trouble. They were always located
where a direct bomb hit wouldn't
affect it in the least. AS our boys
would advance the JapS and natives
would head for the caves. Then our
boys had to dig them out. About
the best weapon for a case as this
was a Flame Thrower. The Engin-
GERS did a wonderful job with them
That night we moved to Flores
Point, the seaplane base, and biv-
ouaced there for the night. The
only thing left at the seaplane base
was the skeleton of the hanger
All the buildings were levelled to
the ground, and a few Jap planes,
1 mean what was left of them, were
scattered about.
Just before We dug in I noticed
the Marine artillery moving up. ]
sure felt safe then, thinking we
were hell of long way from the
front. The next morning at day
break the long overdue japanese
counter-attack came. One regiment
the - Infantry, had advanced
beyond the - infantry regiment
and went and dug in. When the
JapS broke through this regiment
was cut off from the rest of the
division and suffered extremely
high casualties as they ran out OF
ammunition. They estimated the
Japs that counter attacked num-
bered well over 1000. AS the Japs
advanced they captured a battery
of los howitzers, which was soon
after recaptured by our troops. If
it hadn't been for the Marine artil-
lerymen our company would have
been in one hell of a spot.
The Japs were enough trouble on
the seaplane base, but we also had
to keep a good watch out for crabs
These damned crabs measured a
good five or six inches and they
crawled among us at night.
The next morning we were told
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off, one arm and part Of his chest
The flag was raised on the island
July 9 and We were moved to an
other area and put on the alert for
the battle Of Tinian Island. We
were later taken off this, and were
told to set up a garrison and wait
for our orders to leave Saipan ana
go to some rest camp somewhere
else.
/ got my first hot meal in %
days, along with a clean change of
clothing. a bath and shave in the
same length of time. 1 was very
glad the battle was over and /
heard that the Saipan battle was
the toughest and bloodieSt battle
thus far in the Pacific.
Corp. Myron F. Stone
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STORY OF SAPAN

for change, and then helped car
ry about thirty rounds of ammuni-
ton to the pit. The remainder Of
our squad dug in about twenty feet
to our front for protection. I knew
We were too near the front line
for comfort as the chatter of our
machine guns was very sharp and
clear.
1t was just turning dark and We
got our orders, 1 mean our squad,
to fire five rounds of white phoS-
phOruS at forty-five minutes past
every hour. That way. each squad
would fire five rounds simultane-
ously every Is minutes all night
We fired all the ammunition we
had brought to the pit, and then
came the task I completely abb
horred. This was to climb out of
the pit, walk about twenty feet,
and carry more ammunition to the
pit. Jap bullets were whizzing
overhead continuously and my 'thots
were all about getting hit. That
walking around scared the hell out
of me and 1 don't know to this
day how I ever got through that
night without getting hit.
We fired when our turn came
every hour until 3:45 am, when
1t Mckee told us to keep on fir
ing. We needed more men to pre-
pare ammunition, so We got Baldree
and called Parrino. He was so
damned scared he wouldn't come
out of his hole, so we informed 1t.
Mckee and he ordered him out. I
didn't like the idea Of being out Of
the hole anymore than anyone else,
| and Parrino was no better than l.
With three of our squad members
and two other men, the preparation
of the ammunition was going full
/ swing. AS soon as a shell was ready
they handed it to me in the pits
and 1, in turn, dropped it down
the barrel. This went on until 6
am. and the steady blast of the
shells leaving the barrel left me
with a terrific headache that l will
never forget. My head felt as
though a ton of lead was resting on
/ it.
That night BED check Charlie
| paved us a visit. He dropped his
bomb on the hillside to our right
and when it hit it looked like a
streak Of lightning. No one got
/ hurt.
Daybreak finally came and
never was as glad to see light as ]
was that morning. 1 sure thanked
God for pulling me through that
night. We tore the mortars down
and returned to our old bivouac
area on Flores Point.
Around noon of that day heard
machine gun chatter up on the
hill to our right. Not paying toe
much attention to it, I noticed our
gang grab their weapons, and be-
gan firing up on the hillside. ]
looked up to the place where they
were firing and saw Jap go down
After he hit the ground / could see
he was still alive by his movements
So, 1t. Colgrove and six of us boys
grabbed our weapons and took UP
after him. 1 could see, as we adj
vanced toward him, his legs moy-
ing and ever so often he would
turn his head to see just how close
We were to him. When we came to
within so yards of him, I heard q
| grenade crack. I Squatted down
keeping a good eye on him. I saw
him put the grenade to his chest
and blow himself up. We then went
up to have a look at him. His cloth
ing was wet and he carried nc
weapon. When we searched him We
found his wallet and little pocket
knife. The grenade blew his head
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to get our equipment in shape and
be ready to move out at five min
uteS notice. This 1 did, and our
orders came through, so we loaded
everything in the jeeps and weapon
carrier and were driven up on
hillside where we were told that
we would march with the infantry
until We came to our new selected
mortar position.
We hadn't spent twenty minutes
on that hillside when 1t. 1.-TWO
bundle) Jack Colgrove gave us our
orders TO follow. We walked about
100 feet and stopped and I heard
a machine gun chatter nearby. Our
troops, who were about 200 feet
to my right on the flank, began to
scatter. 1 noticed that so 1 dove
into the nearest hole which was so
small 1 couldn't get all of myself
into it. So, buried what portion
Of my body the hole would hold
and hoped for the best. There
wasn't anything to worry about as
all the boys began roaming around
again.
Shortly after this we resumed our
march when out of nowhere came a
Jap artillery shell whining over our
heads, The damned thing was
dud, but was so scared I lost all
the feeling in my legs. I actually
felt wobbly for some reason and 1
felt for sure I was going to STUN
BILE. We continued on and 1 felt
more sure Of myself.
The march was halted and our
mortar platoon was told to set in
the guns, and dig in in a farmers
garden. This we did as the infantry
Kept moving up to the front. We
didn't fire a round there, but We
made up for it that night.
In the early afternoon, after eat
ing dinner, I had hash for a change,
we again received orders to move
up, so We packed up and advanced
another 500 yards. At this position
We just sat around and waited for
more orders which would determine
where we were to stay that night.
The orders read to move up behind
the front lines and set UP our NOR
tars in case there was another coun-
ter-attack. That did not sound
very appetizing, but who in the hell
am 1 to complain.
We moved up to within 600 yards
of the front lines, and I was really
afraid and wished that the night
was over. Each squad was to dig a
pit approximately $40 feet square
and at least three feet deep. I was
beginning to wonder if I was in
the army or an excavation outfit.
This We did, and Sgt. Surowitz and
1 were to stay with the gun in our
pit all night. I had supper, hash
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Amounted DUPONT
Assistant Director

WILMINGTON, DEL. - DR.. G. H.
Greenewalt has been appointed an
assistant director of the Develop
ment department of the T. dupont
de Nemours and Company. He will
be in charge of activities in which
technical considerations predomin-
ate.
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IS YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE

A quiet campaign is being con-
Quoted in Wyandotte for the COM
ing spring election that will be held
soon.
A surprise element in the cleo
ton may spring up due to the fact
that women can now vote for the
city councilInen.
PhiloSophically speaking
When the bait is worth more than
the fish, than it is time to stop
fishing.
There is always i'll feeling be-
tween the doctor and the patient.
Good advice is the kind you re-
member too late that you forgot
to take.
stick To Your job" was the
topic of a sermon delivered by the
Reverend w. E. Hall at the First
Presbyterian church.
Books for every one" movement
will be launched in town, announces
the public library staff. The plan
which was first introduced in Cali
fornia, has worked out successfully.
Plans for the nationwide drive are
in the offfng-
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against the full moon, then dove in
flames in a pitch that got sleeper
and sleeper. Several thousand feet
below our level it exploded and
burning gasoline fell with it. The
light of the three burning bombers
combined with the brilliant moon
light to make the night like day.
The number four enemy ship had
turned back now, with an engine
shot out, but Ajax Baumler got it
ten miles North Of the field. The
last enemy dove out and turned for
home when he saw his three leaders
burn, but Baumler followed him
thirty miles North and shot him
down in flames.
From the ground, the watchers
told us later, they could hear the
fifty-calibre guns above the noise of
the smaller calibre Jap guns. With
in seconds after the attack. there
were three ships burning around the
city walls, and none of the forma-
ton got home. The Chinese people
in the town had been watching the
battle in awe. They had always had
to just sit and take Jap bombings,
especially night attacks, and this
was something they had dreamed of.
They were cheering now, and were
out looking for enemy survivors with
hoes, scythes, knives, and any weap-
on they could find to cut the Japa-
nese to pieces, if any of them should
escape.
But something was the matter
with Alison. We could see his ship
and it was not flying normally. Ev-
cry now and then it would stream
fire that was more than just back
fire. On the ground they could hear
his engine missing badly
Alison called in that he was hit.
but would try to land his ship on
the field.
To land crippled fighter in day.
light is quite feat but to attempt
to land one at night, one that has
been shot to pieces and may burst
into flames any second, is more than
that. We knew why Johnny was
taking the chance: we needed that
ship if he could get it on the field.
even if it was shot to bits we needed
the parts that could be salvaped. II
would have been perfectly all right
if the pilot had gone over the side
as soon as that engine began to fade
out that night. Whether or not he
had shot down three bombers, he
could have ''hit the silk" and foated
to safety in his chute. But Johnny
must have said, ''The hell with that,
we need this ship-we always need
ships" To keep old P-40's that we
flew in flying condition we had to
rob parts from every airplane that
we could salvage after a crackup.
This is called "cannibalizing'' in the
lingo of field depots in the Air Corps,
and covers a multitude of sins.