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 frigid lather and in a state of scare I screamed out"Erica ! !"... I jumped up and put my manus 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 hand on her os frontale it was cool her febrility 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 rescue as long as we stayed where we are.

I inflated the spirit quite a little attached the motor. I began loading what supplies we could take with us I went through our wearing apparel and took only what would fit in one bag I put our toilet articles and underclothing in our awol udder. I put the spare ammo into mine.

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

I took one of the seats I had removed and sat it out side and helped her to sit down in it. When the soup was strong I poured it in to a canteen cup and gave it to her. I completed the lading of the good deal. I took one of the chute and pulled out the canopy and bedcover ti out as well as I could on the limbs and light touch.

I called to Dotty and told her what I had done with the parachute. If they spotted the chute they would jazz this was the right lake and we had headed Dixie. After Erica had eaten her soup and I had cleaned her combat injury I helped her into the mint. We shoved off with the paddle, I prayed that the motor would depart … I cranked an zilch, again, and again still naught. 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 large on our left wing we are collimate to the shore. To our right we occasionally see an Island but other wise we can not see the other side of the lake nor the end to the south.. We have a snap north to south, to maintain fuel I turn off the locomotive and use the boat paddle as a rudder.

It is nearing noon, I began aiming towards the shore line. When we landed I jumped out and pulled us higher on the shore. We took a bathroom disruption and I fixed us a lite dejeuner it was the 1st hearty food for thought Erica had had since we had gone down. She still was n't saying very much I 'm thinking it hurt her to talk. Also she only picked at her food.

I cleaned her wound, I felt it was beginning to do some unspoiled it did n't seem to be as inflamed as it had been. She looked like the stress was getting to her I decided not to go any Sir Thomas More to day. He pulled the raft up under some trees so Erica would not be in the straight sun any More today. After making sure she was alright. I took the 22 rifle and walked into the woods hoping to discover a squirrel or a rabbit. I spotted a tumid cony and just as I was getting cook to pluck the trigger I heard a aeroplane. I turned and ran to get back to the shoreline. I was heavyhearted because the aeroplane was almost out of sight. The vexation about erica may have cost us our one chance of rescue.


Search headquarters Duluth

Carol had just arrived at Duluth airport, The Search company Had a elbow room near the aerodrome Lounge for comfort station to food and refreshment s and admittance to Telephones. Dotty had briefed Carol on her flight. Carol talked with the rescue police squad and described the field where the plane went down. They were in hope that one of the copse jumpers would recognize the spot.

A duet of them commented that a lot of the lakes had the shallow Islands the closest one being Wild rice Island a transportation sized lake of over 2500 Akka. It was just north of the Airport they would impart it a flyby this afternoon.. The two pilots made their plan one of them would fly the eastern shore rail line while the other did a cross. Then they would do the former shoring and revoke the crisscross coming back.

The whine old encounter 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 married person and he circled around and landed. He taxied up to the small Island and could see the carpenter's plane nestled in the trees. He edged his airplane upon the moxie, got out and secured his plane. He called out but was not surprised when he did n't get an response. He found quite a bit of blood in the co-pilot 's seat and on the diminished jump suit he found on the story.

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

"Wife badly injured. In lifespan Raft with One Horse Motor, headed south, shoreline to my left"

He radioed to his pardner and to the airport."Concentrate 'Wild Rice Lake'Found woodworking plane. And Note pay close aid Eastern Shore."

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


Returning from finding the woodworking plane ropemaker was almost surely he had spotted a fire. He thought this is a well trained man who thinks before acting. I think I can plan ahead for him. When rope-maker and Tobias his partner landed they rushed to lookup headquarters. And laid out their plans. Roper says"I 'm Betting his next stop is going to be at the peak at the end of Glenn Miller road. I would hint 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 ardour and got the raft close to the water. I made erica comfortable and shoved off. I started the motor and began scanning the sky I just knew there would be a plane soon. Near 0700 I heard the locomotive stochasticity of a pocket-sized plane it circled around us an waggled its flank then started to put 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 reach the compass point but before we got there I could see flashing emergency light. It was like Christmas I was getting what I wanted most an ambulance for erica. The ambulance was backed in and the attendants had the gurney ready. The archetype and copilot of the floatplane were waiting and grabbed the blood I threw them. They pulled us up a homemade boat incline.

I assisted Erica to get out of the boat and on to the Gurney. I looked back at the pilot light one of them said,"Go with your wife we will do by your affair for you."

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

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

octet minute later they brought her to her room, after 5 hours in surgical process and 3 in recovery. The doc said that if I had n't did all the things I did she would not have made. Starting with the forefront 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 snap

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

According to the Doctor she will be in the infirmary for at to the lowest degree 5 weeks then physical therapy for months.

I heard my epithet called and turned to attend and a little holy man flew into my blazonry. Maria with minah right behind her Johan and Donald were bringing up the rear. Carol was already here so I called Dotty so I would n't take in to go through everything twice.

While Erica recuperated in the hospital my intellection turned to another job. I rented a piece of work boat and a truck and a flat trailer. Drove to milling machine road and launched the boat Donald went with me and Johan stayed with the Truck. I retraced my steps 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 length and attached it to the rear shackle on the tail of the aeroplane I drop the boat linchpin off the bow. Once the sauceboat was secure I joined Donald at the plane we began the removal of the debris around the plane path. We had brought a Chain saw with us and it was needed to cut off the branch that penetrated the hint screen door. This was also the one that caused the damage to Erica.

I started the windlass and the carpenter's plane began to affect backwards. I stopped the windlass and told Donald to tie off the wheel. Once that was done he closed the hatch then got back aboard the boat. I moved the gravy boat forward till the ground tackle range were straight up and down then brought them aboard.

The pontoons were entering the water we checked them out to insure that they had no passing water. They seemed to be very well. We moved on a bit faster me watching ahead and Donald watching the plane. Our lonesome sorrow was the wings were so damaged they could not be salvaged.

When we arrived at the wild leek on the point the sauceboat trailer was already in the water all I had to do was to slack the cable and pull on to the trailer. Johan started the truck and pulled the body of work boat out of the water. Once it was far enough on Land I restarted the winch and pulled the aeroplane slowly up the ramp.

Once it was level we disconnected the workplace boats winch, drew it tight and locked it down. I pulled the gravy boat out of the way and Johan backed the mat bed in stance, lowered its loading ramp and released the flatbed winch and hooked it up to the plane. Johan began drawing the woodworking plane on to the trailer.

Once it was on board the prevue we secured it to the trailer with chains. A subdivision of a hanger had already been set aside for the Reconstruction of the woodworking plane. Johan dropped of the plane and he and Donald got in our rental place beach wagon and came to clean me up after I dropped off the work sauceboat,


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