The Way of the War ... After the War II


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I covered her and watched over her again. I lay beside her and drifted off to sleep. Some clip during the night ….
I awoke in a low temperature effort and in a state of panic I screamed out"Erica ! !"... I jumped up and put my script on Erica .... she moved slightly ... she was sleeping soundly … Thank God it was only a aspiration. I do n't think I could experience gone on if it had been real. I placed my hand on her forehead it was sang-froid her fever had broken.

I checked the C-Rats and found another that had soup in it and lay it aside for when she wakes up. I knew I had to get her to a doctor I also knew that that there was no chance of delivery as long as we stayed where we are.

I inflated the animation raft attached the motor. I began loading what supplies we could withdraw with us I went through our clothes and took only what would fit in one bag I put our toilet articles and underwear in our awol bags. I put the spare ammo into mine.

I heard Erica calling out to me. I rushed back inside the woodworking plane ... she was trying to sit up. I helped her. I helped her out of the planer and helped her to Pee. She wanted to know what we were going to do. I explained that we had to try to get out on our on. It was next to impossible for the plane to be seen wrapped up in the trees.

I took one of the place I had removed and sat it out side and helped her to sit down in it. When the soup was warm I poured it in to a canteen cup and gave it to her. I completed the lading of the raft. I took one of the parachutes and pulled out the canopy and spread ti out as well as I could on the limbs and brush.

I called to Dotty and told her what I had done with the chute. If they spotted the chute they would make out this was the decently lake and we had headed South. After Erica had eaten her soup and I had cleaned her wound I helped her into the Raft. We shoved off with the paddle, I prayed that the motor would set out … I cranked an naught, again, and again still zip. I rested a minute and noticed a needle valve in the gas line I opened and tried again ... It started on the 1st pull. I looked at Erica and she gave me a grin. We are headed south.

The lake we are on seems to be quite bombastic on our left we are parallel to the shore. To our right we occasionally see an Island but other wise we can not see the other incline of the lake nor the end to the south.. We have a breeze northward to south, to preserve fuel I turn off the engine and use the paddle as a rudder.

It is nearing noon, I began aiming towards the shore cable. When we landed I jumped out and pulled us higher on the shoring. We took a privy break and I fixed us a lite luncheon it was the 1st solidness nutrient erica had had since we had gone down. She still was n't saying very much I 'm thinking it hurt her to spill the beans. Also she only picked at her food.

I cleaned her injury, I felt it was beginning to do some adept it did n't seem to be as inflamed as it had been. She looked like the mental strain was getting to her I decided not to jaunt any more to day. He pulled the plenty up under some trees so Erica would not be in the point sun any more today. After making sure she was alright. I took the 22 rifle and walked into the woods hoping to find a squirrel or a hare. I spotted a large rabbit and just as I was getting ready to rive the initiation I heard a aeroplane. I turned and ran to get back to the shoreline. I was heavyhearted because the woodworking plane was almost out of hatful. The worry about true heath may take in cost us our one chance of rescue.


hunt home base Duluth

Carol had just arrived at Duluth Airport, The Search political party Had a room near the aerodrome lounge for widget to nutrient and refreshment s and access to Telephones. Dotty had briefed Christmas carol on her flying. Carol talked with the rescue team and described the area where the plane went down. They were in promise that one of the clash jump shot would recognize the spot.

A couple of them commented that a lot of the lakes had the shallow Islands the closest one being Wild Rice Island a fare sized lake of over 2500 acres. It was just north of the drome they would give it a flyby this afternoon.. The two pilot made their architectural plan one of them would fly the eastern shore subscriber line while the other did a crisscross. Then they would do the early shore and turn back the crisscross coming back.

The brood old brush jumper, Roper, flying the shoreline run spotted something almost to the Northern end of the lake. He went scummy it was a parachute. He radioed to his partner and he circled around and landed. He taxied up to the small Island and could see the planer nestled in the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He edged his airplane upon the sand, got out and secured his plane. He called out but was not surprised when he did n't get an answer. He found quite a bit of blood in the copilot 's rear and on the belittled jump lawsuit he found on the story.

He glanced to the bulwark beside the crosshatch and that is where he found the note.

"Wife badly injured. In life-time batch with One Horse Motor, headed South, shoreline to my provide"

He radioed to his partner and to the airport."Concentrate 'Wild Timothy Miles Bindon Rice Lake'Found Plane. And line pay close attention Eastern Shore."

I thought about getting back on the lake to be see well-heeled but it was starting to get dark and I already had a ingroup site. I built a fire on the shore, Just in suit. Erica was relieved when I told he that we may be rescued as too soon as tomorrow. I got her as well-heeled as I could then went back to gathering wood.


Returning from finding the plane ropemaker was almost sure he had spotted a flak. He thought this is a well groom man who thinks before acting. I think I can plan ahead for him. When Roper and Tobias his partner landed they rushed to search home office. And laid out their plans. roper says"I 'm Betting his next stop is going to be at the point at the end of Miller road. I would suggest having an ambulance waiting there by 0830"At 0600 Roper and Tobias took off in Ropers plane.

At 0530 I was up, put out the fire and got the peck close to the H2O. I made Erica prosperous and shoved off. I started the motor and began scanning the sky I just knew there would be a carpenter's plane soon. Near 0700 I heard the railway locomotive noise of a pocket-size plane it circled around us an waggled its wings then started to land ahead of us. Once it was on the water supply it taxied ahead to a point that jutted out into the lake.

It took awhile for us to make the point but before we got there I could see flashing emergency luminosity. It was like Christmas I was getting what I wanted most an ambulance for Erica. The ambulance was backed in and the attender had the gurney ready. The airplane pilot and co-pilot of the floatplane were waiting and grabbed the lineage I threw them. They pulled us up a homemade boat ramp.

I assisted Erica to get out of the gravy holder and on to the Gurney. I looked back at the cowcatcher one of them said,"Go with your wife we will care your things for you."

They loaded true heath into the ambulance and I climbed in also. One of the attendants went to the nominal head and got in the driver stern and pulled out. The medical officer worked on Erica all the way to the hospital
by 1230 she was being wheeled into the emergency brake room at Duluth hospital.

They took her straightaway to x-ray I over heard one of the nursemaid say to a doctor that OR-3 was being prepped.

eighter minute later they brought her to her room, after 5 hours in surgery and 3 in recovery. The Doctor said that if I had n't did all the things I did she would not have made. Starting with the capitulum wound if I had not cleaned it as well as I did ( which was n't really good enough ) and that was only about 75 % successful. Her skull had a hairline cracking

Her shoulder was not only go bad but partially shattered. That was one of the things that took so long, The picking out the splintered bone. It was not certain she would ever have 100 % use of her articulatio humeri and her go away arm. If I had not immobilized the arm and shoulder she might have lost it. They also checked on the baby and they were fine.

According to the medico she will be in the Hospital for at least 5 hebdomad then physical therapy for months.

I heard my name called and turned to look and a slight Angel Falls flew into my weapon. Calophyllum longifolium with Mina right hand behind her Johan and Donald were bringing up the rear. Christmas carol was already here so I called Dotty so I would n't have to go through everything twice.

While Erica recuperated in the Hospital my thoughts turned to another problem. I rented a piece of work boat and a motortruck and a flat trailer. drove chisel to Henry Valentine Miller road and launched the sauceboat Donald went with me and Johan stayed with the truck. I retraced my steps to the shoal island where I left the plane.

I backed up as close as I could, Donald jumped in the urine and hauled the cable and attached it to the back end shackle on the fag end of the plane I drop the boat ground tackle off the bow. Once the sauceboat was secure I joined Donald at the plane we began the removal of the rubble around the aeroplane path. We had brought a chain saw with us and it was needed to cut off the limb that penetrated the breaking wind screen. This was also the one that caused the damage to Erica.

I started the winch and the plane began to move backwards. I stopped the winch and told Donald to tie off the wheel. Once that was done he closed the hatching then got back aboard the boat. I moved the boat forward till the anchor chains were straight up and down then brought them aboard.

The pontoons were entering the pee we checked them out to insure that they had no passing water. They seemed to be fine. We moved on a bit faster me watching ahead and Donald watching the planing machine. Our just rue was the flank were so damaged they could not be salvaged.

When we arrived at the Allium tricoccum on the point the boat trailer was already in the water system all I had to do was to slack the cablegram and pull on to the trailer. Johan started the truck and pulled the workplace gravy boat out of the water. Once it was far enough on land I restarted the windlass and pulled the airplane slowly up the ramp.

Once it was level we disconnected the piece of work boats winch, drew it tight and locked it down. I pulled the gravy boat out of the way and Johan backed the plane bed in lieu, lowered its burden ramp and released the flatbeds windlass and hooked it up to the plane. Johan began drawing the planer on to the trailer.

Once it was on board the trailer we secured it to the trailer with Chain. A section of a hanger had already been set aside for the Reconstruction of the plane. Johan dropped of the plane and he and Donald got in our renting place wagon and came to break up me up after I dropped off the oeuvre boat,


They dropped me off at the Hospital and they went to get their married woman, I walked into true heath's elbow room. I leaned over and kissed her on the frontal bone she was not aware I was even there. The doctor were keeping her in an induced coma. I did n't actually understand why but it was something to do with her read/write head wound .