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Show j Pyle Recalls Events During the Kesone of Flier As he Ivy on his stomach on the itrttchr they tied a metal splint round llis wounded leg. While they ! were diir.g this I bathed his head I again In water from a canteen. A FOldier lit another cigorct and ! lave it to him. It dropped through ilf fingers onto the wet grass, and came soaked. I lit another one tnd put it In his fingers. He took n long, deep dreg, and put his head down on the litter and closed his eyes. The morphine finally final-ly was making him groggy, but it never did put him out. The cigaret burned up almost to his fingers. An officer said, "It's going go-ing to burn him," and started to puli it from between his fingers. But the pilot heard and lazily opened his eyes, took another pufr, and with his thumb pushed the cigaret. |