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3.

I actually thought that was an
exciting adventure but wait; we
came into here at night, I could
see the shells whistling all around
& machine gun tracers streaking across
the ground (what a sight for a
green officer conning his ship) I felt
like giving the order all back full
and head for home, but my pride
& common sense kept tugging at my
sleeve so I didn't (besides, I didn't
know which way home was in the stygian
night air)

Come the dawn, we found
ourselves 2 miles from our supposed
destination; suddenly I got a message
over the intercomm unit "Flash Red,
Control Green" It was my first
Air Raid & I wondered how I would
behave. I didn't have long to wait,
because a Jap Betty (bomber) dove
out of nowhere & started straffing
my ship (Imagine the nerve) We were