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I ot of out on his way to what he wanted wantedI wante wanteo < o 0 do most most . . , the Japs struck at t Pearl Pearlfarbor Peai Peaiiarbor Pearlarbor 1 farbor iarbor Ajar Aja > had bad fust just landed at at'lake a aHake I Vake 'lake lake Hake ' Island and , soldier that be bevas h hvas ' ; vaa vas be he had bad reported to the Marin Marine Maria Marine'ommander Maria'ommander ' 'ommander ommander ' tw fQr tor duty He was bav bavDi ha + ng Di og breakfast with the CO ( ( CO COneans Ci Cineans CCneans neans Commanding Officer OIDcer Ofllcer ) Majc Majcevereaux Major Majorevereaux MajoiSevereaux ) evereaux evereaux . . , when the Japanese at- at atack a aack atack - ack came to WakeAjax WakeAjax Wake WakeAJax AJax used to say that the unusual unusualtrength unusus unusustrength unusuatrength ' trength he be demonstrated that mom mon momDg monng momng Dg ng was due to the heavy supply Bupply of ofritamln o'dtamin odtamin c cdtamiri ' ( ritamln dtamiri pills plUs he had taken As the theirst thIrat th thirst < ' irst Irat bomb hit the runway of ot thheld the theleld tb th tbteld < ' teld leld held he ran with witb the others for tor th thloot the theloor tinloor ' loor loot and the safety of the slit slitrenches ii iirenches slirenches renches on the outside The doe doepened door doorpened dooipened ' pened Inward but Ajax openediutward opened It Itlutward 1lUtward lutward iutward . , taking the screen the theloor thloot th thloor < ' loor loot and most of that end ot of th thfimsy the thelimsy tbtllmsy ' limsy fimsy building with him Part c che of ofhe olhe , he glass hit him in the faceanhat face-and face and face-an an faceandhat face - - anchat hat cut was Wall the only wound he be re- re relelved ra raseived reiclved - lelved seived in the bombing But he be car- car car'led cal called carled - " 'led led ' the scar with him when I last lastaw sat sataw laalaw aw him in ChinaBaumier ChinaBaumler China ChinaBaumler Baumler Baumier got out of Wake Islanhe Island Islan Islandhe Islandhe ' he next day on the last clipper bu buo but buto bulo o join the A AVG VG be was Wal no longegoing loneer longe longeioing / going { lng West WeBt . . It was now neceuarr neceuarro necessar necessaro : ) ' o go all the way back and around aroundhe stows stowshe aroundhe he other way towards the Easttnyway East EastUlyway EastInyway Ulyway tnyway he managed to go by way wayIf war ward wait } If d Washington and got promoted tc'aptain tcaptain to to.aptaln t t'aptain .aptaln aptaln 'aptain aptain ' . ' I believe it If Ajax had hadltayed ha hatayed haditayed ltayed tayed In Washington lust just one more morelay morlay mor morlay < lay be he would have been a Major Majorfter Majorliter MajorIfter \fter fter liter \ seeing Ajax Baumler in a feu feuIghts tew tewIghts fewIghts Ights I wish that he had gotten to toe t tse tc tce e ) > se e a Major beforr betorr before he came to Chinaar China Chinaor Chinaor or ar be he certainly was a fighter pilotDuring pilotDuring pilot pilotDuring During the month of our battle of offengyang o otengyang ollengyang fengyang tengyang I saw Captain Baumler Baumle Baumleo Baumleilo 10 o some of ot the nerviest things I v vver vc ve veVer vcver \Ver Ver \ > ver seen any man accomplish accomplishVe accomplishWe We Ve had a few tew ships that had been bees beentrated beestrafed beentrated trated trafed badly on the ground some someIf som somf somef If ) f them had been shot to pieces and andD ane andn D ) others the engines or hydraulic hydraulicIystems hydraulicystems hydrauliclystems Iystems ystems had been damaged In most mostases mos mosases mostases ases these same ships * ' couldn t t be beof be beOt ( ot of off oif oft the ground when the Jap Japs Japsame Japsame ; ame over sometimes they were wereaught wereaught wereaught aught three or tour four times by by'eros b ; ; ' 'eros eros ' eros and consequently they were weren weren n 1 a continual contmual state of ot repairOne repairOne repair repairOne One of ot these was old Number 104re 104 104he 104he he re ship that Ajax had been flying flyinghe flyingfhe 'he he { ' he ground crew had worked on I Iar It itor or ar days but whenever they d have havejust havet t just about ready to be taken back badl badla backo o a the factory in punming JCunmlng lunming { for ( or over- over overlaul overawl over-iaul over iaul - - laul awl the Japs would catch it againorally again ' Ajax must have havt havelaid havtrid have1 morning mormng | 'inally inally i'rnally irnally orally ' ( one f taid laid rid ' The 'The hell with It It ( L . . For when whet whetse whenhe he se Jtn Jln bao baa came he went and got goi goiito gotnto nto ito the crippled flghter ghter fighter to take oif oifelore oil oilefore offlefore ) elore efore the Japs could get there to tc tcrate toitrafe , trate rate it again agam He told me later laterhat laterat laterhat hat at he was tired of o1 seeing seemg it sittingn sittingIn sittingr sitting In > n r the ground as a target whether whetherwould whethert t would fly or not he was going gorng to toeet toit toet eet { it It taxying as fast as it would go goDd gord goind \Dd Dd \ rd at least make It al > t harder to hitan hJtI hJthan hit hJt in the revetment revetment.Veil revetmentVeil . . . I | han nan an it had been Nell 'ell ell ' Ajax did better than taxy-he taxy he taxyheot taxyhet taxy - heot the story of It allached all aU aUeached allcached { ot ) t of oft oif ( But cached -eached eached - ached me later onI onI on onI that day anddo and andlIdn andlldn the ground I I was cias was on lIdn do t see it But I heard Ajax talk talkng talkg talkng ng g on the radio and I heard his sixins SIX SIXuns sixuns ( { uns ins when he caught one of ot theeros the theZeros eros Just a little later I f I saw the therail theall therail rail all of black smoke that marked marked.he markede markedhe ship down , I was wasClad wasad waslad .he he . e enemy going gomg Clad { ad to hear Ajax talking that morn mornng morng mornng ng g tor for a minute I I d thought thatnoke tha thai that thaimoke t t.moke moke .moke . noke might be he going gomg down In In.hat inat inhat Number 104 All the thefme thevie theime .hat hat . at luckless fme : vie he d been flying ftymg the ship iihlp he deen d den d deen the landmg landing landmggear landingar landinggear > ) een en having havlOg to pump gear ar up manually for tor the hydraulic'stem hydrauhc hydraulic hydrauhcsystem hydraulicsystem system 'stem stem ' had been hot up by the thelap theip thelap lap ip atrater strater strafer days before Added tois to to.his toAla .his his . is an exertion which is no pleasant pleast pleas pleasnt Bghting ghtlng fighting altitudes was a anore aore amore ant nt t task at experience The cardsire cards cardsi cardsivere nore : ore painful more heavily heavilyainst heavilytgainst stacked even i " , ere ire : against ainst Ajax in this jinx ship fors tor for tor11B forlls 11B s electrical . system .ystem ystem was shortingt shorting shortingut shortinglut- shortinglut shortinglutOn ) ut t . . - I On his take lake off from trom Hengyang as as1e asgave asie 1e gave the ship the gun Baumler Baumlerlad Baumlerd Baumlerlad shock shockthrough shockrough shockthrough electrical lad : d felt a terrible through rough his sweaty hand on the stickntrol stick stickontrol stickontrol ontrol ntrol He couldn t t turn the stick stickloose stickse stickloose would have crashedthe crashedto crashedIn crashed loose ) se or the ship he grimly grimlymeld grimlyId grimlyaeld In the take-off take off - - run so meld Id on Take hold of ot the sparkig spark sparkplue sparkplug while thegive the thetnglne thetngine plue ig of your car some time bme tnglne give I is . running and you U II feel feellust feelit ( eellust But hept he helept heicpt lust it about what Ajax felt lept pt holding bolding it until he was at anitude an analtitude iltitude altitude itude where it wa was . safe sate to turn turnthe turnt turnthe the t stick loose loole get out his handker handkerhlef handkerlel handkerihlet : hlef lel . , . and wrap it around the slick stick . . . Even gven ? after he be bad been through throughthe throught throughthe the t nght fight ght and aDd came In to land Bt at Btt.ingl1nl atrgLng atLinglmg t.ingl1nl tingl1nl . rgLng he had bad to take . some .ome ome morethe more morepf moreof pf the shock .hock hock . cure for tor by that time timethe timei timethe the i handkerchief bandkerchief was damp and the theelectricity thectricity theelectricity jumping jumplne through IL ILHe it.He itHe it . electricity ctricity was He couldn i t sta stay ) ' long on th this lut last luteld lastd lastBeld ! eld d . , , tor for the Japs were on the way wayback wayt wayback back t k In waves wave . . , , so he be reservlced re.ervlced reervlced reserviced . and anddad andtaxied ] [ Ied dad out to take off 011 Though Tboueh theline the theaeln , aeln line we was . now misting mis.lne mislne missing . badly badJr . : , . Ajax couldn't couldnt coulda't couldat ' walt-the walt the wait-the wait walt - - tbo Jap Japs 7apa . w1utc1 ttiU1d would , , be bethere t tthere bithere there In a . matter ot of minuted ntlnute minutes minutedHe minutesHe . He tried trle4 a . take-off take off takeoff & e-otr e otr - - with the Cu Curent current cur . I rent coin going , through tbtoueb bis his hi . attn arms . agal agaland . agahand ' 810 810and and the engine enaine spitting apltUnI and .puUer- .puUer sputte sputtefngand . .puUerI .puUertnea.nd - I tne-a.nd tnea.nd tne a.nd and fng-and fng Ing - . and at the end d of the runwsbe runw- runw runws runwbe - , , he be ItiU still till hadn't hadnt ' enough enougb speed .peed peed . to ge ge\ ge geto gi giin \ to in ' the 'the air He would wouW . swerve .werv werv . U Uship the theab1p thiship ab1p ship about and try the other dtreclion dlrec dire direLion , tJOn Lion . . Finally Fi.UJ FiUJ " . ' after alter three runs ruM hi he heot t tgot got ( , ot the flghter ftghter fighter plane In the th airpumped air ii iipumped , pumped the wheels wheel . up by hand band and andcon an ac accontinued < continued con nued doing It tor for flve ftve Ave bwtdre bwtdrelnilesand hundred . miles Drl1es-and Drl1es and lniles-and lniles - - and so .0 0 . flew ftew back to KunmjniBut Kunming KunminC Kunmjni KunmingBut : But It wasn't wasnt ' ' all aU bard barcl work and andnO an anno ancDO nO play pia , . In China chin Some evenings evenlnga is isused w wused we weused < used to sit ait to in our cave down dOW11at at Kweltin Kwel- Kwel KwelUn Kwe KweHa - Un Ha and listen to the Tokyo radiiThey radioThey radfo radii radfoTher Ther They : would elv give " < ua us reports reporta on the themissions th thmissions th < missions that we flew to IiankovCanton Hankow HaMow Iiankov , Canton , and the cities clUe . near Lake LakePuyang LaltPuyang Lak Lalt < Puyang Hu Hu-Nanchanl Hu Nanchanl ilun-Nanchang ilun Nanchang - - Nanchang and KukianlThey'd Kukisng Kuldanl Kukianl KuldanlThey'd They'd Theyd ' declare that we were usiabarbarous usln Ulin usia , ( barbarous tactics tactf : s and that we wen were wereolne wet wetgoing going , olne to be treated as guerrillaswe guerrillas perrillaa I il ilwe : we were capturedfire capturedOne captured capturedOne One fire night while we sat there calm cahr calmly cahrly calmly ly listening to the news and playin playinll playtn playinllgin playtngin ; gin rummy rumm , . , Tokyo newa news analystannounced analysts analyst analystsannounced analystannounced ! announced they did not think the theAmerican iiiAmerican th iii ( American flghter ghter fighter force in China wai was waslarge we welarge wailarge large True enough said the radio radiothey radiothey they bad had struck weakly at severa severs .everal everal severscities . .everalcities cities in their barbaric way bomb bomb- bomt bombing bomttag - Ing tag Innocent Chinese women an anchildren anc and andchildren children and tor for this the Aroerlcar American America Americanpirates . pirates would pay when they were wet wereprisoners wetprisoners prisoners of ot the Imperial Japanese Japanes JapaneseGovernment JapanesGovernment Government now fighting fightlne to liber Uber llbea Uberate llbeaate ate Asia for the Asiatics AsiaticsWe AsiaticsWe We listened to the usual ' blah blab " " ' , without raising an eyebrow until untilI untilRadio untl untlRadio untilRadio I Radio Tokyo continued 'We We " . ' We donthink don t tthink < think the American flghter ghter fighter force torce in In InChina t tChina China is more than three bundreships hundred bundre hundred.hlps . ships .hlps hlps shipsThere There was a squadron that catnover came catn cameover over from Assam to work with uspart us . , part of another group from trom IndiaIn IndiaIn India In this squadron there were .ome ome som somtine . .omeftne fine ftne tine fighter pilots one of whom wai waiLieut wa waLieut . Lieut . . Pallas Dallas Clinger from frOJYI old Wyer Wyo- Wyo Wye WyoPilots WyoPilots - - e sr dsr + 9 9flyer r d de flyer t s sy ' y jy jys s / # 3 3jy jyr r f k kv kv kPilots v v Pilots of the China Air Task Force Fore Forcean . 00 so the alert at Hengyangning IIengyang Henuanc Hengyang IIengyangming ming ning CIlnger Clinger was another man whcBr who whc whoIn whoin In Br years gone by in the West wouldrave would wouldhave wouldhave have rave been a great gunman like Uke Tex TexHlll TexKill TexHill Hlll Kill Only Clinger wouldn |