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His "OM Exterminator'' I, badly mauled and he get, a new P40E. CHAPTER XXIII It had been only recently, when he Dad been taken from his thirteen .our-engin- e bombers on the way to Wast Tokyo, that he had been to transports. The Japs must lave known just how to get under bis skin, but In the end I think the mowledge worked against them. Now he was getting back at them ty having thousands of little leaflets printed in several languages, espe-cially in Japanese. They read: COMPLIMENTS OF THE OLD BROKEN-DOW- TRANS-PORT PILOT He used to drop some of these Dn every bombing mission he led. He'd go out and tie some to each bomb; put them In the bomb bay to that they fell out when the doors were opened; even throw them out over the Japanese-occupie- d cities that he blasted. I knew now that he was getting a new supply ready for Hongkong. Towards the end of October came th unrrl tiro hiJ u bomber formation again, I felt Proud of the crews of those perfectly JPnced ships. This reallv was like a football game: the bombers were carrying the ball while we in the ran the interference. I imagined General Haynes, down tbere in the lead bomber, grinning s he thought of dropping a few hundred more of his leaflet souve-nirs to the Japs, "Compliments of he old broken-dow- n transport with at least sixty bombs. Big "Butch" Mor-gan, the best bombardier in the Air Force, had probably wormed his huge bulk through the tunnel into the nose of Haynes' bomber and was ven now intensely interested in his pet bomb-sigh- t. Now I could even smell the fresh-ness of the Pacific. The sky had never been so blue. The beauty of the day and the beauty of those weapons flying so smoothly under us made me forget the scratching of the oxygen mask on my sun-burned neck. It was a Joy to look back and see the six shark-mouth- s on the other 's grinning at me. Some day, I thought, Jap mothers were going to frighten their children by referring to them and reminding the brats of Nippon that their fa-thers had more than likely had that view of an American 0 for a last memory. As we got closer to the target, we split our formation of fighters automatically. Tex Hill, Hampshire, and Sher stayed with me; Marks took the other three on the opposite flank of the bombers. The country below had become lower in eleva-tion but was green and still hilly. Over the radio, is we reached a fighters that must be coming. I saw the yellow bombs begin to fall In long strings, imposed on the dark green of the world below. They got smaller and smaller as the noses pointed slowly down. Remembering my movie camera, I tried to take pictures of the explosions. The bombs seemed to take years to fall, and I began to think they were all duds The ack-ac- k burst closer as the Japs got the range while we went straight in. I know I was never more excited in all my life. I yelled, "Okay, Hirohito we have lots more where those came from!" I kept looking behind and under us for the bombs to burst. And then I saw the first white ex-plosionright on the docks of Kow-loo- After that they came so fast you couldn't count them. I let my camera run as the explosions turned from white to blaek there were oil-fir-now. I could see the Hash of the anti-aircra- ft guns from the North shore of Hongkong Island, as we con-tinued across Victoria harbor. I risked another look at the target; It was covered with smoke from one end to the other. Then I got my eyes back to searching for enemy Interceptors. Why in hell didn't the bombers turn for home? They had dropped the damn bombs, but they were still going on endlessly towards that point of Shek Tong Tsui. All of us were keyed up. But then the long javelin of began to turn to the right. Mission accomplished now they had the down-hi- ll run to base, and I began to get that old feeling of re-lief. Then, somehow, I felt cheated. Where were the enemy fighters? I raised my camera, sighted again, ..w.n v. imu au and took the formation as it swung iung uuen wan-ing for. Victoria harbor was filled with Japanese shipping. In deepest lecret we got ready to go. Our ships would leave from Kun-ming, but we would of course use the intermediate bases in the section, 500 miles to the East. Hongkong, you will re-call, Is about 325 miles Southeast of Kweilin. It is protected by sur-rounding enemy fighter fields at Can-to- n and Kowloon. Our objectives would be the shipping in the harbor, the shipping at the docks in Kow--- loon, and the ships at the drydocks In Hongkong. Early on the morning of October 25 our twelve bombers took off from Yunnan for Kweilin, and shortly aft-erwards Hill, Alison, Holloway and I led the fighters off. We were all to infiltrate into Kweilin, a few ships at a time, so as not to alert the coast of eastern China. For two weeks I had worried about this attack. I thought it would come any day, and because of the tension I couldn't sleep. When I learned that word hadn't over the burning docks. Then, as I glanced about, I saw them, silhouette after silhouette, climbing terribly steeply towards the bombers. I know now that they had got there from Kai Tak below in four minutes; they had made the sixteen thousand feet in that short time. I felt my camera drop to my lap, hit my knee, then drop to the metal floor of the fighter. I was fum-bling now .for the "mike" button on the throttle; then I was calling: "Bandits ahead Zerooooos! At eleven o'clock." Fumbling again for the throttle quadrant, shoving ev-- ! erything as far forward as I could, I marvelled at the steepness of the climb the enemy ships were main-taining. I called: "Zeros at twelve o'clock," to designate their direction clock-fashio- n from us. I heard Tex Hill reply: "Hell, I see 'em." I could hear the jabber of the Japs still try-ing to block our frequency. I was diving now, aiming for the lead Zero, turning my gunsight on and off, a little nervously check-ing again and again to see that the gun-switc- h was at "on." I jerked The men were all showing combat fatigue and needed a rest. They were tired out by almost constant alert without relief for twenty-on- e tunic, a u opciiu iv.vn.dii night. I got the doctor to give me something to make me sleep and I had a headache the next day. I knew "my wind was up," as the British say but why In hell didn't we go on and get the attack over with! But now I was on the way. I could see the shark-mouth- s of the 's all around, and the whole thing was easy just what I had wanted all the time. We sat down at Kweilin at intervals at eight o'clock. The bombers were soon in, and the Chinese were busy servicing the field full of ships. They were the happiest people I had ever seen. They'd point towards Japan and point down with their thumbs and say, "Bu-hao- ." All of us were proud to be going. But as I looked at those seven 's escorting ten bombers, I could not help feeling apologetic for that great-est country in the world that we were representing. Oh, God, if the day could soon come when we could go against this enemy with a thou- - days. Many or their Hying mates had been killed in action, and this helped to lower their morale. point North of Macao, came the jab-bering of Japanese voices on our frequency, and we knew from its ominous sound that they were warn-ing of our attack. I tensed a little and looked about for enemy planes. Far to my left I could see the three rivers meet-ing at Canton, could see two fields from which I knew Zeros were tak-ing off to intercept us. We had by-passed Canton purposely by thirty miles. I saw the bombers chang-ing course: we were around Canton now, and were going to steer straight for the North of Kowloon peninsula. The blue Pacific looked friendly, reminding me of the southern Calk fornia coast. The old, familiar fog banks that should have been cover-ing San Clemente and Catalina were shrouding instead the Ladrones Is-lands, with only their hilltops visi-ble, sticking out from the fog on the China Sea. tne Deuy-iat- release ana ieu ine underslung fifty-gallo- n bamboo tank drop off. We rolled to our backs to gain speed for the attack and went hell-ben- t for the Zeros. I kept the first Zero right in the lighted sight and began to fire from over a thousand yards, for he was too close to the bombers. Orange tracers were coming from the too. Five hundred yards before I got to the Zero, I saw another 0 bearing the number 151 speed in and take it. That was Tex Hill. He followed the Zero as it tried to turn sharply into the bombers and shot it down. Tex spun from his tight turn as the Jap burst into flames. I took the next Zero they seemed to be all over the sky now. I went so close that I could see the pilot's head through the glass can-opy and the little tail-whe- that was not retracted, and I knew it was a Navy Zero the little wheel was built tor the arresting-gea- r of a carrier. My tracers entered the cockpit and smoke poured back, hiding the can-opy, and I went by. sand bombers, even a hundred bombers! Maybe the small fighter force that we had rhade us lucky ones who were privileged to go resolve all the more that we would make up in quality what we lacked in quantity. Personally I felt like a veteran foot-ball player who has been on the bench and has now been called into the big game. Nearly a year be-fore, when Hongkong had fallen to the Japanese attacks from the As-iatic mainland of Kowloon, I had sworn that I would see the first bombs hit the Crown Colony. I had no idea then that I would lead the fighters, that I would shoot down Japanese fighters in the raid, that we would be intercepted by a su-perior force of the enemy, but that three minutes after the In less than interception there would be only the hips of the U. S Army Air Force over Victoria harbor. Now I had the familiar "wind up feeling that precedes combat. The palms of my hands perspired freely. As I wiped them on the legs of my trousers I saw that the sweat was like mud; it had mixed with the red Field through wh.ch dust of Kweilin we had taken off. increasing to 20,-00- 0 Our altitude kept feet, while down below at seven-teen thousand were the medium in javelin formation: two VeS o three, and the last element We passed one a diamond of four. of the river junction check-poin- t to compute ou that enabled me ground speed. In 7 of the sun on could see the glint to, pacirta Ocean. As I the We were turning over wacao, where the Clippers used to land. To the South I could see another Jap field, Sanchau Island. Now to the right was Hongkong Island, shaped like a kidney and mountainous, just about nine miles long and three or four miles across. I could make out the indentations of the romantic-soundin- g bays whose names I knew -S-andy, Telegraph, Kellet, and Re-pulse. There were points of land jutting towards the mainland Quar-ry Point, with its Naval Drydock, and Shek Tong Tsui, the point over which we would fight our aerial bat-tle. Reaching towards the island like a finger was Kowloon penin-sula, separated from it by the blue waters of Victoria harbor. Near the end of the spit of land closest to Hongkong, I saw the large modern Peninsular Hotel. All of us knew that Japanese Generals and staff officers slept there with their worn-- eII crossed around and over Gen-eral Haynes and his formation, watching vigilantly. Far below I saw dust on Kai Tak airdrome, and knew that enemy ships were taking oB to attack us. My throat felt dry and I had trouble swallowing; I switch off and on turned my gun nervously. Now I saw the bomb-ba- y doors opening, and I couldn't keep the tears of excitement from burning Anti-aircra- ft was begin-ning my eyes to dot the sky with black and white puffs. As I dove almost to the level of the bombers, I could feel the ack-ac- k rock my fighter ship. I kept g to watch tor the enemy As I turned to take another ship below me, I saw four airplanes fall-ing in flames towards the waters of Victoria harbor. I half rolled again and skidded in my dive to shake any Zero that might be on my tail. I saw another P-4- 0 shooting at a Jap, but there was a Zero right on his tail. I dove for this one. He grew in my sights, and as my trac-ers crossed in front of him he turned into me. I shot him down at his ship seemed to stand still In the vertical bank. The ship was three or four hundred yards from me, and it fell towards the water tor a time that seemed ages. An explosion came, and there was only black smoke; then I could see the ship again, falling, turning in a slow spin, down down down. I shot at everything I saw. Some-times it was just a short burst as the Jap went in for our bombers. Some-times I fired at one that was turn-ing, and as I'd keep reefing back on my stick, my ship would spin, and I'd recover far below. I shot down another ship that didn't see me. I got it with one short burst from di- - rectly astern, a shot. In this attack I could see the Japa-nese ship vibrate as my burst oi six fifty-calibr- e guns hit it. First it just shook, then one wing went up. I saw the canopy shot completely off; then I went across it. Turning back in a dive to keep my speed, 1 watched the enemy ship, as it dove straight down, stream flames for a distance the length of the eirplane behind. (TO BE CONTINUED) EN RADIO W, we,tern Newspaper Union. L VIRGINIA VALE Kn WELLES is always E Right now, vaca- - from the movies and I he's radio's first Kan." The title's un- - but it exactly de-h- is new radio stardom b My Best," Tuesday CBs. He serves as host, and plays leading man top-notc-h stars not being starred himself, our offerings are based on stories published by writers, as you know if IrSON WELLES Bard the program, and Kys anything from a star character part. Network uldn't decide how to de- - job, so they finally de- - to call mm neaa man. bbott and Costello" Is the forthcoming film for Bud leard Thursday nights on it they'll introduce Bob s juvenile lead; he's the Dick Haymes, and has discharged from the e will soon be represented e Tussaud's famous Lon-luseu- The star of "The nd the Pirate" recently ord that he'll join the im-- ( history whose effigies seen by millions. But Bob lomesick, for a friend of Crosby, now working in of St. Mary's," will be onored. i naval officers rescued s in the raid on the i prison camp on Luzon i in RKO's "The Invisible riving at San Pedro by boat from San Fran-wer- e taken to the studio, nn Jnhiau f 11,. ' i'" 'una Ul Hi fflic ire they departed for m of the film's highlights of the raid r Consequences," the ra-ws been signed by RKO Stars on Parade," musi-alt- y Brown, Alan Carney es Langford. Ralph also appear Days Leave". esty's Canadian Grena-ou- s military band, will he Dominion of Canada Stone's musical, "Pan kUitions of 1946." It's or early fall production, ambine theatrical talent rth and South America, ainst authentic back- - W Ginny Simms show Is for disc harged veterans I Professional entertain-the.- v went into the serv-- - now trying to pick up of the ir pre-Pea- rl Har- - . They're heard by a st radio audience, and a "ade to interest pro- - "cies, etc., and get con-- le Veterana appearing on n. 's Town Meeting" will 3ring tour to include San 'fginating its April 26th here, while the United ce conference is in ses-lal'- y Call fornia was in-i-e summer tour. 3uramc. starred with e on CBS Friday nights, '"seas till he has his but his famous on recordings at the . raylng the role of notorious gangster, ,fded ;m hour-lon- g ad-D'c- k Tracy," with an ' the records will be fseas. 7f?ttSh "I relief luhPe"nP it ' had rmmti b 2 M"" Ro right o-n- Zr' ,ttme iau. . . . l r S?PeaT "eMy in ,J '.r Mynery Theater," n I on every sully ha, anvpd 1e; ,?n "if property in lumher "3 is h"nself. Hft a yE ARE letting the grass roots of baseball die." Sam Brcadon, owner and president of the World Champion Cardinals, re-- ; marked to me re- - cently. "I am re-ferring to the mil-lions of kids from 12 to 16 years old who would like to play baseball, but who get no help or en-couragement. "This is true even in the big Southwest from the Ozarks to Texas the Cot- - tonwood trail that 0ranUand Woi gave baseball such men as Tris Speaker, Rogers Horns-- , by, Dizzy and Paul Dean, Carl Hub-bel- l, Pepper Martin. I could name a hundred others, including Bill Dickey from Arkansas and Lonnie Warneke, the tobacco chewing champion from Mt.,Ida. "Soft ball, football and other sports have started replac ing base-ball as a recreation for the young-sters. They like baseball and would rather play it If they only had the chance. This will he the big job of any new commissioner we might Mm. Be must offer and work out a plan that will give youngsters all over the country this chance." We have been hammering with what punches we had left along these same lines, receiving no sup-port except from Pittsburgh and De-troit and a few individuals like Jack Coombs, the old Colby Carbine, baseball coach at Duke. Baseball, year after year, has gone to sleep in this important de-velopmentand this includes base-ball's Big Three. These three have run the game ably in other respects. But they have all fallen down on building up and bringing baseball to the kids from the ages of 12 to 16, many, many thousands of whom would rather play baseball than any other game, but rarely get the chance. Crowded cities lack of space lack of any help or cooperation on the part of baseball leadersthese have all figured in the decay of the game's "grass roots." They have either forgotten all about the kids, or else they have been too shortsighted to face the major prob-lem of the game. The new commissioner must be one who can rebuild baseball for the kids and that will be his most im-portant job. It will be a job no one in baseball has even approached, barring the few places I have men-tioned. There are millions of kids who would like to play baseball who never have the chance. And any-one with a half grain of intelligence knows that if a kid from 12 to 15 years old doesn't have the chance to play baseball, he will never get anywhere in the game. Football is different. You can take a husky young fellow around 18 or 19 who never saw a football and turn him into a great tackle or a great guard. Especially if he is big and fast. You can't do that with a base-ba- il player or a golfer. The great baseball players come up as kids who played the game. The great golfers came up as caddies Hagen, Sarazen, Ouimet, Nelson, Hogan, Chick Evans, Goodman, McSpaden, Johnny Farrell, Harry Cooper. Must Start Early Baseball and golf are games you must learn in early youth. Football can be picked up later on. Golf has been given a big break. Baseball hasn't. I don't care whether the new com-missioner is Jim Farley, Edgar Hoo-ver Or Ford Frirk Or enmo r,ra ale who has the respect of the ballplay-ers and the spectators. All I know is that his first job will be to or--i ganize a new youth movement for baseball, which (outside of Pitts-- ! burgh, Detroit and in certain loca-tions where the American Legion has been an active sponsor) has been almost completely overlooked, al-- I though the two big leagues have j each contributed $20,000 to this fund. Certainly there has been no help from the two major leagues outside of this contribution and little help from any of the minors. In many big cities, it must be admitted there is little room left where the kids can play except along cobblestone streets or those haunted by automobiles. But there is still space enough left in the Unit-ed States to give boys from 12 to 16 a chanc e to play baseball. It is still a national crime that out of 100,000 boys called to the draft, over 25,000 are turned back as physically unfit. But it is a difficult matter to get anyone interested in this problem. Army and navy say they are too ' busy trying to win a war to bother about the situation. And this group It too young for sport promoters to use as money-maker- Besides Breadon, only Larry Mac-Pha- il and Horace Stoneham seem to think that part of the duty of the new commissioner should be that of trying to rebuild the waning enthu- - siasm for the game in the high KCbooU and the colleges, and even they can't agree as to how that j should be worked out. What Bait! When a giant Australian earth-worm, 10 to 12 feet in length, bores its way through the ground, the gurgling and sucking sounds it makes are so loud that they arr clearly audible to a person on thj surface. |