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Cflonel Colonel Scours Seo Sc t/t t " ' / , < , " VUf "oup oup group of I fishier fihter fighters , * , l- l a6 - ly a6ways al-uwyj al uwyj - -y y ways - . operatedalawt operatedagainst oersted operated afinjf alawt against pe frestly greatly tly .uperior uperior superior superiornumbers . superiornumbers .uperiornumber number numbers . o of f / the me enemy Often DIlen the me odds oddswere oddswere oddtcere were fiv five . to on one * n . fiiul against agauu . them hem sham , Theirplwet Their Theirplane Theirplanes plane planes . andequlpmen andequipment and equipment equlpmen , were usuully wuaUy usually but bat- bat ba battered buttered . - tered teTed by hardwage hardusage herd hard us wage usage fe end cuuI and cuuI.upplie andsupple .upplie upplie supple . upa > ! ies . Mere were w wereextremely Merextrem re reememel ememel extremely xtrem { y , . imifi lamied limited ( , Both Seol Scott Sc tl & and ml hit his hithandful hishundful hishandui handful hand/ui hand ui handuio / 01 o f / palo jiiJau pilots " hod had hadon on one n . e.oune eoune resource , rerun . ; * in inunlimited inunlimit inunlimited unlimited unlimit dquantities-courage dquantities courage quanl uuntittea l.u-courag l.ucourag l.u lu courag . - - c ursf . They rheyajsjumeised aho also ahopo.eued alsopossessed * po.eued poeued possessed . imtrtfoe imtlative imunive end and a never-taibA never taibA never-failing failing neverfailingdesire never/ailinydewe never ailinydewe - - ' / , de.are deare desire . ' to 0 dettrery de'lroy delroy destroy ' the me enemy nemr They wormthemselves wore worethemelvu worethemselves themelvu themselves , out ut deinf doing the rhe worko work t rfc ef 01 o/ o oten / Rn ten tentimes Rnt.me ( entime t.me tme times . * . their rhelr number They demenitret.ed demenitreted demoruEraed demoruEra- demoruEra demonstrat- demonstrat demonstrated & - - . ed time lime utne andagain end and again ( in that Amerwen American . merlC ll pU pilots pilotsand pilotend * nd and plena plane planes . mre are .uperior uperior superior . uaertor to 10 the Jap laps lapsThe ] upsThe . The re.ul reul results . . which they chuedprove achievedprove echteved chued achieved , . prove proveIrniupuftJbly proveindisputably ri eindispuUikly IrniupuftJbly indisputably thet that rho . th the . enemy cen can b be . de- de de destroyed - . .rroyedor swayedor . stroyed .rroyed rroyed swayed or r driven drillen drivenram /ram ram from / Chin Chine China Ifada if ede ada- ada ad adaepiq edefuefe deII . - II epiq fuefe e equipment end and and.upplie andsupplies . supplies .upplie upplie . are aremade aremade aremode made ava.l aval evMieble available . ble The ffenswe oOensllie offensive .pari pari spirit spiritdisplayed . spiritdisplayed . : duplayed displayed by ay Scatt Scott Seo " end and his hu eerly early pUo pilots pilotslives pilotslives I I"II "II II lives " ' an on in the Ihe men who wh repleced replaced them themThey themThey . , They impatiently impallently await m il the weapo/Q weapo Q weapons weapoQraeeded weaponsneeded ueepditfneeded / raeeded needed to 10 drive drille en on into Ulto the th ria < . heart hear heartJepen . ofJapan of ofJapan /Jepen Jepen / Japan end and to 10 f aalvictory finalvictory finel aal final vicfry victory vicfryC victoryC C L . L . CllENNAULT CHENNAULT CHENNAVLT.Mejar CHENNAVLTMejar . , , MaJor Cenerel General A U V S SCommendini , . Comm Commanding ndan"14th ndan14th " . , 14th Aw Air Force Foree But DlIt , 2 J I had rcckontd reckoDe4r xeckoneda ? without erIthout 1f1thout the theo1d theold th thaid aid o1d old preacher , who bad . , ma ane me a attested attestedfor awtedfor e.ted eted e.tedfot . fot for ' dlstutbtn disturhinc disturbing , the th tb * . noisy D91s1 spiel ' petc paaca peace . . 'When When Whey 'Whenr Wheyx ' WhenX r x , got ot out of Jail JalL jau , , mora more e eatbarfassed eatbarfassedthan enlbarrassedth barr.ecl barrecl barr.eclUlaa . . . Ulaa than axythinf anything alsa ellie elae , , 2 l 1 IWOfe swore wora Veil- Veil Vem Veilc Vemgegnce van-e van e - - c gegnce anc ce on 00 tha the Holy Itoly aonm UO BoUtM tern and 4 tha the theod theold od old ] Id preacher , . Xarly tar17 Early ! : ooa ooe one blQmJna morning blQmJnawhUe morningwhile , morningwbUa whUe while daUverInC deUvetin delivering # papar paper papers * . I toak took a . retor ra re razor . zor sO tor ! ' blade blada.and bladaand bladesnd . , and wt cut off oft fifty fStto ilfty ) feet teet of ofcanvas of ofcanvas o ocaavas < ' caavas canvas from 1fom tha the ald alda aide . wall wan . of 01 theconverted the theconverte4 thacoaverted converte4 converted circus clrcul tenf-took tenf took tent-took tent ten , - - foolc It awa awe awayand , , anel and hid bid it la In tha the woodsI woods 1 I had no uxa use for t the tha e purloined purloinedcanvas purloinedcanvas purlol edcanvas canvas , . and to excuse excuseJ excuseJmy.eU , myself my.eU myeU . from tram trama froma a aaXKinC Da'linl Dalinl bagging ' ! conscienca conscience I ! tried trled to torget tor tor-cat tor cat . - get If it lit ! But Sut taut avary eveQ every " momina momtna morning ; I law sate lawtli satetile wtha tli tile . Jaeeed jaged Jagged , hola hole tha that that.I thatI ' , . I bad had made math madefor mathfor madator for vengeance Venleance veggeance Later oo on I decidedto declde4to declde4 decided to bulla build a clidar gUder glider . , . and tor for w1ng wing wingcovering wing-coverlni wing coverlni . - coverinJr covering the th * canvas waa was ideaLThen tdeal ideaL idaaLThen . Then . , with tha the cloth atratched stretched over overthe overthe overtb the * ribs of the thq th airfoils alrfoUs and vatnllhe4 varnished vatnllhe4for varnishedfor varnishedtor for tightening tI.o.tenln.r tIotenln.r tIotenlnr . . : , . aven even with Americaninsignia American AmericanInslma Americaninsignia Inslma insignia , painted on the th * lu'elae luelae tutelage fusela ' , a , . 1 1found X Xfound 1found found myself IJi'seJt IJiseJt ) ' ready tQ tp t < ? fly Two ofmy of ofmy olmy my friends helped afta rtje e pun pull it tcthe to tc tothe totha the roof of a high blSh col colonial colonial lal home bom * in inMacon inMacon inMacoc Macon , . , and with them ateadYn8 steadying ateadYn8the steadyingthe teadyinxtb ! the * wines wings I ran down doW'll doWll ' the tb * sloping slopingroot slopingroof slopingroot root roof and flew ew out Into in int space spac * NowIn Now NowIn Nowin In those tbos * day days I knew nothing 01 01"main 01"main ol"main olmain "main main " spars " ' center sections , " or or"wing or"wing orwing "wing wing " loading ' With a cracK ' like likethe likethe Ilkatha the closing of the th * jail JaU door , , tha the wlnl wing wlnlbuckled wingbuckled wingbuckled buckled in the tb * center and I crashedsixty crashed crashedsixty crashedsixty sixty seven feet to the tb * ground 't'heCherokee ' lJ'be lJbe 't'he the lJ'beCherokee ' TbCherokee ' * Cherokee rose ros * bush-that bush that bush - that sacred sacredState sacredState aacredState State flower ower of Georgia into which wblch 1 I 1tellprobably Ifellprobably Ifell tell-probably tell probably fell-probably fell - probably , laved Baved saved my life Ufe , but butthe butthe buttha the tho thoma thorn , stayed with } ma ne } e for tor along a along along long UrneAfter timeAfter time Urne timeAfter After my father tather bad had pulled me mefrom mefrom mafrom from tba the wreckage- wreckage wreckagemore wreckage-more wreckage more - - more scared scaredthan scaredthan scaredthan than hurt-I hurt I hurt - - I wa was . ordered to tear tearthe tearthe tearth the * glider gUder apart . . . I did did . , but saved savedthe savedthe savedtba the ill m fated canvas canva'l canval ' for other plans plansLater plansLater plansLater Later on it wax was used u.ed ued . to cover the thebarrel thabarrel barrel arrel stava stave rib ribs . of a home-made home made homemadecanoe homemadecanoe home-madcanoa home madcanoa - * canoe which wa was . intended to trans trall8- trall8 trans- trall8port transport transport - - port me down the th * Ocmulgee Riverto River Riverto Riverto to the tb * sea , . soma some twelva twelve hundred hundredmile hundredmiles hundredmiles mile miles . away as tha the winding river riverran riverran riverran ran I 1 bad made about six hun hun- hundred hundred hundred - dred miles of 01 the trip when tba the sail sall- sall sail- sailing sallIng sailing - ing canoe caught on a snag andthe and andthe andthe the current rolled us to the muddy muddybottom muddybottom muddybottom bottom tangled in the rope rop * rigging riggingof 01 of the saiL salL In the seconds that tol fol tollowed followed followed lowed I nearly drowned-l drowned l drowned-I I drowned - - 1 saw my mywhole mywhole mywhole whole misspent life Ufe parade belore before beloremy beforemy beforemy my eyes Finally tha the rope broke brokeand brokeand brokaand and I swam ashore . , , out but I bad had already al- al already al already - ready decided to ieaye tea leay * ' ttw th * . . sacred sacredcanvas sacredcanvas sacredcanvas canvas , seasonine Eeasonlng seasoning forever at the thebottom thebottom tbbottom * bottom of 01 tba the Ocmulgea Ocmulgee RiverOnce River RiverOnce Once again my mind turned to flytag fly flyIng flyIng Ing tag I con confined ned my aircraft con constructlon construction constructlon structlon struction to scale models and final finally finally finally ly , made mad * a flying one on * which won the thefirst thefirst thfirst * first Boy Scout Aviation merit badge badgeIn badgein badgein In that part of the country I re- re remember re remember - . member when General Mitchell MitchellBIIly MitchellBilly MitchellBilly ( BIIly Billy Mitchell MltcheID Mitchel ) ) led a flight of fast- fast fastlookinl fastlooking fast-looking fast looking - - lookinl looking MB-St MB St MB-3 MB 3 - - s a through tha the home hometown hometown hometown town . . I crawled Into one on * of the thebaggage thebaggage thebaggage baggage compartments in hopea hopes that thatI I would be flown fiown on to Florida In Inthis inthis inthis this dawn to-dusk to dusk - - flight ftight But the themechanics themechanics themechanics mechanics found me and I missed missedmaking missedmaking missedmaking making tha the pursuit ship any taD tap taDheavier tapheavier tailheavier heavier than it ft normally wasIt was wasIt wasIt It was far tar back . , when I 1 was four fouror fouror fouror or five that I had seen my first air airplane airplane airplan plane * A pilot pUot by the th * name of at Ely Elyspun Elyspun Elyspun spun In and III1d waa was kJl1 killed ! d , . and myhorrified my myhorrl1ied myhorrified horrl1ied horrified mother dragged m mi me from fromthe fromthe fromthe the scene It most certainly should shouldhave shouldhave shouldhave have been an III IU Ill omen for my fly flying flyfag flying ing fag future However I know that itwhetted It Itwhetted Itwhetted whetted my appetite to fly I likedanything liked |