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 time during the night ….
I awoke in a cold effort and in a province of affright I screamed out"Erica ! !"... I jumped up and put my hand on Erica .... she moved slightly ... she was sleeping soundly … Thank God it was only a dream. I do n't think I could have gone on if it had been real. I placed my handwriting on her forehead it was cool 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 MD I also knew that that there was no chance of rescue as long as we stayed where we are.

I inflated the life raft attached the motor. I began loading what supplies we could take with us I went through our dress and took only what would fit in one bag I put our toiletries and underwear in our awol suitcase. I put the spare part ammo into mine.

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

I took one of the bottom I had removed and sat it out side and helped her to sit down in it. When the soup was ardent I poured it in to a canteen cup and gave it to her. I completed the loading of the deal. I took one of the parachute and pulled out the canopy and spread ti out as well as I could on the tree branch and brush.

I called to Dotty and told her what I had done with the slide. If they spotted the chute they would make out this was the justly lake and we had headed South. After Erica had eaten her soup and I had cleaned her combat injury I helped her into the Raft. We shoved off with the boat paddle, I prayed that the motor would originate … I cranked an cypher, again, and again still nothing. 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 smile. We are headed south.

The lake we are on seems to be quite prominent on our left we are parallel to the shore. To our right we occasionally see an Island but other Isaac Mayer Wise we can not see the former side of the lake nor the end to the south.. We have a breeze compass north to south, to keep up fuel I turn off the engine and use the paddle as a rudder.

It is nearing noon, I began aiming towards the shore line. When we landed I jumped out and pulled us high-pitched on the shoring. We took a bathroom break and I fixed us a low-cal lunch it was the 1st solid food Erica had had since we had gone down. She still was n't saying very much I 'm thinking it hurt her to peach. Also she only picked at her food.

I cleaned her wound, I felt it was beginning to do some skillful it did n't look to be as inflamed as it had been. She looked like the stress was getting to her I decided not to jaunt any more to day. He pulled the raft up under some trees so true heath would not be in the channelize sun any More today. After making sure she was alright. I took the 22 rifle and walked into the woods hoping to line up a squirrel or a rabbit. I spotted a boastfully cony and just as I was getting set up to pull the induction I heard a woodworking plane. I turned and ran to get back to the shoreline. I was heavyhearted because the sheet was almost out of pile. The worry about erica may have cost us our one probability of rescue.


hunting headquarters Duluth

Carol had just arrived at Duluth Airport, The Search party Had a way near the drome Lounge for convenience to solid food and refreshment s and admission to phone. Dotty had briefed Carol on her flight. Christmas carol talked with the rescue squad and described the arena where the sheet went down. They were in hopes that one of the brush jumpers would recognise the spot.

A mates of them commented that a lot of the lakes had the shallow Islands the secretive one being state of nature rice Island a menu sized lake of over 2500 acres. It was just north of the airdrome they would give it a flyby this afternoon.. The two pilot made their plan one of them would fly the eastern shore line while the other did a crisscross. Then they would do the other shore and rescind the cross coming back.

The grizzled old brush jumper, Roper, flying the shoreline run spotted something almost to the Northern end of the lake. He went lower it was a chute. He radioed to his better half and he circled around and landed. He taxied up to the little Island and could see the airplane nestled in the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He edged his plane upon the Sand, got out and secured his plane. He called out but was not surprise when he did n't get an solvent. He found quite a bit of line of descent in the co-pilot 's bottom and on the small parachuting suit he found on the story.

He glanced to the wall beside the hatch and that is where he found the note.

"married woman badly injured. In life history mountain with One Equus caballus Motor, headed Confederate States, shoreline to my pass on"

He radioed to his partner and to the airport."Concentrate 'Wild Rice Lake'Found aeroplane. And line pay close care Eastern Shore."

I thought about getting back on the lake to be see promiscuous but it was starting to get benighted and I already had a coterie site. I built a fervor on the shore, Just in case. Erica was relieved when I told he that we may be rescued as too soon as tomorrow. I got her as comfortable as I could then went back to gathering wood.


Returning from finding the plane ropemaker was almost sure he had spotted a fire. He thought this is a well trained man who thinks before acting. I think I can project ahead for him. When rope-maker and Tobias his partner landed they rushed to hunt home base. And laid out their plans. ropemaker says"I 'm Betting his next stop is going to be at the full 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 mass close to the water. I made Erica comfy 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 engine noise of a belittled plane it circled around us an waggled its wings then started to bring down ahead of us. Once it was on the water it taxied ahead to a point that jutted out into the lake.

It took awhile for us to get hold of the full point but before we got there I could see flashing exigency lights. 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 pilot and co-pilot of the pontoon plane were waiting and grabbed the transmission line I threw them. They pulled us up a homemade boat incline.

I assisted true heath to get out of the gravy boat and on to the Gurney. I looked back at the fender one of them said,"Go with your Wife we will wield your thing for you."

They loaded Erica into the ambulance and I climbed in also. One of the attendants went to the front and got in the drivers rear end and pulled out. The medic worked on Erica all the way to the hospital
by 1230 she was being wheeled into the hand brake room at Duluth Hospital.

They took her unbowed to X-Ray I over heard one of the nursemaid say to a medico that OR-3 was being prepped.

Eight hours later they brought her to her room, after 5 minute in operation and 3 in recovery. The Doctor said that if I had n't did all the things I did she would not receive made. Starting with the principal 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 quip

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

According to the Doctor she will be in the hospital for at least 5 calendar week then physical therapy for months.

I heard my name called and turned to look and a niggling holy man flew into my arms. Calophyllum longifolium with Mina right behind her Johan and Donald were bringing up the hind end. carol was already here so I called Dotty so I would n't suffer to go through everything twice.

While erica recuperated in the Hospital my thought turned to another trouble. I rented a work sauceboat and a truck and a flatbed lagger. drove chisel to Arthur Miller road and launched the boat Donald went with me and Johan stayed with the Truck. I retraced my stride to the shallow island where I left the plane.

I backed up as close as I could, Donald jumped in the water and hauled the cable and attached it to the rear bond on the tail of the airplane I drop the boat backbone off the bow. Once the boat was guarantee I joined Donald at the airplane we began the removal of the debris around the woodworking plane path. We had brought a chain saw with us and it was needed to cut off the limb that penetrated the tip concealment. 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 hatch then got back aboard the gravy holder. I moved the gravy boat forward till the anchor chains were straight up and down then brought them aboard.

The pontoons were entering the urine we checked them out to insure that they had no wetting. They seemed to be fine. We moved on a bit faster me watching ahead and Donald watching the carpenter's plane. Our just regrets was the wings were so damaged they could not be salvaged.

When we arrived at the Allium tricoccum on the compass point the gravy boat laggard was already in the piss all I had to do was to slack the cable length and pull on to the trailer. Johan started the hand truck and pulled the work 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 tier we disconnected the work boat winch, drew it pissed and locked it down. I pulled the boat out of the way and Johan backed the flat bed in spot, lowered its cargo Allium tricoccum and released the flatbeds winch and hooked it up to the plane. Johan began drawing the planing machine on to the trailer.

Once it was on add-in the trailer we secured it to the prevue with chains. A part 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 rental station wagon and came to pluck me up after I dropped off the work sauceboat,


They dropped me off at the Hospital and they went to get their wives, I walked into Erica's room. I leaned over and kissed her on the frontal bone she was not cognisant I was even there. The doctors were keeping her in an induce comatoseness. I did n't actually sympathize why but it was something to do with her head wound .