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 meter during the night ….
I awoke in a cold sweat and in a state of panic 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 substantial. I placed my hand on her forehead it was cool her feverishness 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 opportunity 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 clothes and took only what would fit in one bag I put our toiletries and underwear in our awol grip. I put the spare ammo into mine.

I heard Erica 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 sheet 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 tree diagram.

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 warm I poured it in to a canteen cup and gave it to her. I completed the loading 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 coppice.

I called to Dotty and told her what I had done with the chute. If they spotted the parachute they would know this was the right lake and we had headed South. After erica had eaten her soup and I had cleaned her wound I helped her into the great deal. We shoved off with the paddle, I prayed that the motor would start … I cranked an nothing, again, and again still nothing. I rested a minute and noticed a needle valve in the gas contrast I opened and tried again ... It started on the 1st pull. I looked at true heath and she gave me a smile. We are headed south.

The lake we are on seems to be quite large 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 side of the lake nor the end to the south.. We have a breeze north to south, to economize fuel I turn off the engine and use the boat paddle as a rudder.

It is nearing noon, I began aiming towards the shoring line. When we landed I jumped out and pulled us higher on the shore. We took a lav break and I fixed us a lite lunch it was the 1st upstanding 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 talk. Also she only picked at her food.

I cleaned her injury, I felt it was beginning to do some expert it did n't seem to be as inflamed as it had been. She looked like the strain was getting to her I decided not to travel any more than to day. He pulled the great deal up under some tree so erica would not be in the aim sun any more today. After making sure she was alright. I took the 22 rifle and walked into the woodwind instrument hoping to find a squirrel or a rabbit. I spotted a large Rabbit and just as I was getting gear up to pull the gun trigger I heard a plane. I turned and ran to get back to the shoreline. I was heavyhearted because the aeroplane was almost out of sight. The worry about Erica may ingest cost us our one fortune of rescue.


hunt headquarters Duluth

Carol had just arrived at Duluth Airport, The hunt party Had a room near the Airport Lounge for convenience to food and refreshment s and admittance to telephone set. Dotty had briefed Carol on her flying. Carol talked with the rescue squad and described the field where the carpenter's plane went down. They were in hopes that one of the clash jumpers 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 consecrate it a flyby this afternoon.. The two pilots made their design one of them would fly the eastern shore line while the early did a crisscross. Then they would do the other shore and annul the mark coming back.

The grizzled old brush pinny, Roper, flying the shoreline run spotted something almost to the Northern end of the lake. He went dispirited it was a chute. He radioed to his collaborator and he circled around and landed. He taxied up to the humble Island and could see the aeroplane nestled in the trees. He edged his plane upon the Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, got out and secured his plane. He called out but was not storm when he did n't get an response. He found quite a bit of blood in the copilot 's seat and on the small startle suit he found on the flooring.

He glanced to the wall beside the hachure and that is where he found the distinction.

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

He radioed to his mate and to the airport."Concentrate 'Wild Rice Lake'Found Plane. And Note pay close attention Eastern Shore."

I thought about getting back on the lake to be see easier but it was starting to get dark and I already had a clique site. I built a fire on the shoring, Just in instance. erica was relieved when I told he that we may be rescued as ahead of time as tomorrow. I got her as well-to-do as I could then went back to gathering wood.


Returning from finding the plane Roper was almost sure he had spotted a fire. He thought this is a well check man who thinks before acting. I think I can plan ahead for him. When Roper and Tobias his partner landed they rushed to search HQ. And laid out their architectural plan. Roper says"I 'm Betting his next full point is going to be at the point in time at the end of Miller route. I would suggest having an ambulance waiting there by 0830"At 0600 rope-maker and Tobias took off in rope-maker plane.

At 0530 I was up, put out the flack and got the raft close to the water. I made true heath 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 engine disturbance of a humble woodworking plane it circled around us an waggled its wings then started to land ahead of us. Once it was on the water it taxied ahead to a compass point that jutted out into the lake.

It took awhile for us to reach the spot but before we got there I could see flashing emergency lighting. It was like Xmas I was getting what I wanted most an ambulance for Erica. The ambulance was backed in and the attendant had the gurney ready. The pilot and co-pilot of the floatplane were waiting and grabbed the strain I threw them. They pulled us up a homemade gravy boat ramp.

I assisted erica to get out of the boat and on to the Gurney. I looked back at the fender one of them said,"Go with your married woman we will handle your affair for you."

They loaded Erica into the ambulance and I climbed in also. One of the attender went to the front and got in the drivers seat 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 infirmary.

They took her heterosexual person to X-Ray I over heard one of the nurse say to a doctor that OR-3 was being prepped.

Eight hours later they brought her to her way, after 5 60 minutes in surgery and 3 in recuperation. The doc said that if I had n't did all the affair I did she would not have made. Starting with the head 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 chap

Her shoulder joint was not only broken 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 shoulder joint and her left arm. If I had not immobilized the arm and shoulder she might experience lost it. They also checked on the infant and they were fine.

According to the Doctor she will be in the Hospital for at least 5 workweek then forcible therapy for months.

I heard my name called and turned to see and a niggling backer flew into my limb. Maria with mina right behind her Johan and Donald were bringing up the rear. 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 work boat and a hand truck and a flatbed dawdler. horde to Miller 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 system and attached it to the rear shackle on the backside of the planer I drop the boat keystone off the bow. Once the gravy boat was unafraid I joined Donald at the plane we began the remotion of the debris around the sheet itinerary. We had brought a chain saw with us and it was needed to cut off the limb that penetrated the hint screen. This was also the one that caused the damage to Erica.

I started the windlass and the planing machine 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 boat. I moved the boat forward till the mainstay mountain 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 leaks. They seemed to be fine. We moved on a bit faster me watching ahead and Donald watching the carpenter's plane. Our only regrets was the wings were so damaged they could not be salvaged.

When we arrived at the ramp on the peak the boat dawdler was already in the water all I had to do was to slow down the line and pull on to the laggard. Johan started the truck and pulled the work boat out of the water system. Once it was far enough on land I restarted the windlass and pulled the woodworking plane slowly up the ramp.

Once it was tier we disconnected the study boat winch, drew it sloshed and locked it down. I pulled the boat out of the way and Johan backed the savourless bed in status, lowered its loading incline and released the flatbeds winch and hooked it up to the planing machine. Johan began drawing the plane on to the trailer.

Once it was on add-in 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 post beach waggon and came to cull me up after I dropped off the employment boat,


They dropped me off at the Hospital and they went to get their married woman, I walked into erica's room. I leaned over and kissed her on the forehead she was not aware I was even there. The doctors were keeping her in an have coma. I did n't actually understand why but it was something to do with her promontory wound .