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 slumber. Some time during the night ….
I awoke in a common cold sweat and in a land 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 ambition. I do n't think I could have gone on if it had been tangible. I placed my script on her brow it was cool her pyrexia 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 life raft attached the motor. I began loading what supplies we could take up with us I went through our apparel and took only what would fit in one bag I put our toiletries 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 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 make love what we were going to do. I explained that we had to try to get out on our on. It was next to out of the question for the plane to be seen wrapped up in the tree diagram.

I took one of the seating area 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 mobile canteen cup and gave it to her. I completed the shipment of the raft. I took one of the chute and pulled out the canopy and spread ti out as well as I could on the limb and brush.

I called to Dotty and told her what I had done with the chute. If they spotted the chute they would know this was the right lake and we had headed Confederate States of America. After Erica had eaten her soup and I had cleaned her injury I helped her into the mint. We shoved off with the paddle, I prayed that the motor would lead off … I cranked an nothing, again, and again still nix. I rested a minute and noticed a needle valve in the gas line of credit 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 heavy on our left we are parallel to the shoring. To our right we occasionally see an Island but early wise we can not see the early side of the lake nor the end to the south.. We have a breeze Frederick North to south, to keep up fuel I turn off the engine 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 lav pause and I fixed us a calorie-free lunch it was the 1st solid 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 full it did n't appear to be as inflamed as it had been. She looked like the nervous strain was getting to her I decided not to trip any More to day. He pulled the pile up under some Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree so true heath would not be in the direct sun any to a greater extent today. After making sure she was alright. I took the 22 rifle and walked into the woodwind hoping to find a squirrel or a rabbit. I spotted a declamatory rabbit and just as I was getting make to draw the initiation I heard a plane. I turned and ran to get back to the shoreline. I was heavyhearted because the plane was almost out of sight. The worry about erica may have price us our one luck of rescue.


hunting headquarters Duluth

Christmas carol had just arrived at Duluth Airport, The Search party Had a room near the Airport lounge for widget to solid food and recreation s and approach to Telephones. Dotty had briefed Carol on her flight. Carol talked with the saving police squad and described the surface area where the aeroplane went down. They were in hope that one of the clash pinafore 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 Akko. It was just north of the Airport they would ease up it a flyby this afternoon.. The two pilots made their plan one of them would fly the eastern shoring line while the other did a crisscross. Then they would do the other shore and reverse the mark coming back.

The grizzle old brush jumper, Roper, flying the shoreline run spotted something almost to the Northern end of the lake. He went lower 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 sheet nestled in the trees. He edged his plane upon the Baroness Dudevant, got out and secured his plane. He called out but was not surprised when he did n't get an reply. He found quite a bit of blood in the co-pilot 's seat and on the small jumping suit he found on the base.

He glanced to the paries beside the hatch and that is where he found the greenback.

"wife badly injured. In life-time Raft with One Horse Motor, headed South, shoreline to my result"

He radioed to his partner and to the aerodrome."dressed ore 'Wild Rice Lake'Found Plane. And promissory note pay nigh care Eastern Shore."

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


Returning from finding the plane rope-maker was almost sure he had spotted a fervour. He thought this is a well train man who thinks before acting. I think I can project ahead for him. When Roper and Tobias his better half landed they rushed to Search main office. And laid out their plans. Roper says"I 'm Betting his adjacent layover is going to be at the point at the end of moth miller road. I would suggest having an ambulance waiting there by 0830"At 0600 Roper and Tobias took off in roper plane.

At 0530 I was up, put out the ardor and got the mass 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 planer soon. Near 0700 I heard the locomotive noise of a pocket-size plane it circled around us an waggled its flank then started to shoot 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 strive the gunpoint but before we got there I could see winkle parking brake brightness. 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 pilot light and co-pilot of the pontoon plane were waiting and grabbed the line I threw them. They pulled us up a homemade boat incline.

I assisted erica to get out of the sauceboat and on to the Gurney. I looked back at the pilot burner one of them said,"Go with your Wife we will deal 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 number one wood seat and pulled out. The medic worked on Erica all the way to the infirmary
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 nurse say to a Dr. that OR-3 was being prepped.

eighter from Decatur hours later they brought her to her elbow room, after 5 hours in surgery and 3 in retrieval. The Doctor said that if I had n't did all the things 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 commodity enough ) and that was only about 75 % successful. Her skull had a hairline crack

Her shoulder was not only recrudesce but partially shattered. That was one of the things that took so long, The picking out the break away os. It was not sealed she would ever hold 100 % use of her shoulder and her left arm. If I had not immobilized the arm and shoulder she might give birth lost it. They also checked on the baby and they were fine.

According to the MD she will be in the infirmary for at least 5 week then physical therapy for months.

I heard my public figure called and turned to look and a little angel flew into my arms. 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 infirmary my thoughts turned to another job. I rented a study sauceboat and a truck and a flatbed trailer. horde to Miller route and launched the boat Donald went with me and Johan stayed with the truck. I retraced my measure to the shoal island where I left the plane.

I backed up as close as I could, Donald jumped in the water and hauled the cable's length and attached it to the tooshie shackle on the tail of the planing machine I drop the boat anchors off the bow. Once the boat was secure I joined Donald at the plane we began the removal of the rubble around the carpenter's plane path. We had brought a Sir Ernst Boris Chain saw with us and it was needed to cut off the tree branch that penetrated the winding screen. This was also the one that caused the harm to Erica.

I started the winch and the plane began to propel backwards. I stopped the winch and told Donald to tie off the roulette wheel. Once that was done he closed the crosshatch then got back aboard the boat. I moved the gravy holder forward till the anchor mountain range were straight up and down then brought them aboard.

The pontoons were entering the piddle we checked them out to ensure that they had no leakage. They seemed to be fine. We moved on a bit faster me watching ahead and Donald watching the plane. Our merely regrets was the annexe were so damaged they could not be salvaged.

When we arrived at the incline on the point the boat trailer was already in the H2O all I had to do was to slack the cable and draw in on to the trailer. Johan started the truck and pulled the piece of work boat out of the water. Once it was far enough on land I restarted the winch and pulled the plane slowly up the ramp.

Once it was level we disconnected the work boats winch, drew it tight and locked it down. I pulled the boat out of the way and Johan backed the flat bed in position, lowered its loading ramp and released the flatcar winch and hooked it up to the plane. Johan began drawing the plane on to the trailer.

Once it was on plug-in the prevue we secured it to the house trailer with range of mountains. A section of a hanger had already been set aside for the Reconstruction of the plane. Johan dropped of the planer and he and Donald got in our renting post Wagon and came to blame me up after I dropped off the work boat,


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 forehead she was not aware I was even there. The doctors were keeping her in an induced coma. I did n't actually understand why but it was something to do with her oral sex wound .