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 catch some Z's. Some time 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 true heath .... she moved slightly ... she was sleeping soundly … Thank God it was only a pipe dream. I do n't suppose I could have gone on if it had been real. I placed my hand 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 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 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 bags. I put the fifth wheel 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 know what we were going to do. I explained that we had to try to get out on our on. It was succeeding to impossible for the plane to be seen wrapped up in the trees.

I took one of the backside 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 payload of the raft. I took one of the parachute and pulled out the canopy and spread ti out as well as I could on the limb and brushing.

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 powerful lake and we had headed South. After true heath had eaten her soup and I had cleaned her combat injury I helped her into the Raft. We shoved off with the paddle, I prayed that the motor would set forth … I cranked an null, again, and again still nil. 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 smiling. We are headed south.

The lake we are on seems to be quite declamatory on our left field we are collimate to the shore. To our right field 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 child's play north to south, to conserve fuel I turn off the engine and use the paddle as a rudder.

It is nearing noon, I began aiming towards the shore descent. When we landed I jumped out and pulled us higher on the shore. We took a bathroom prison-breaking and I fixed us a calorie-free tiffin it was the 1st firm 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 wound, I felt it was beginning to do some well it did n't seem to be as inflamed as it had been. She looked like the stock was getting to her I decided not to journey any Sir Thomas More to day. He pulled the lot up under some trees so true heath would not be in the direct sun any Thomas More today. After making sure she was alright. I took the 22 rifle and walked into the wood hoping to find a squirrel or a cony. I spotted a enceinte coney and just as I was getting cook to deplumate the trigger 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 true heath may have monetary value us our one opportunity of rescue.


Search central office Duluth

Christmas carol had just arrived at Duluth aerodrome, The hunt party Had a room near the aerodrome Lounge for contrivance to food and refreshment s and access to Telephones. Dotty had briefed Carol on her flight. carol talked with the rescue squad and described the sphere where the plane went down. They were in hope that one of the brush jumpers would recognize the spot.

A couple of them commented that a lot of the lakes had the shallow Islands the unaired one being wild Rice Island a transportation sized lake of over 2500 acres. It was just north of the airdrome they would move over it a flyby this afternoon.. The two buffer 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 crisscross 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 parachute. He radioed to his partner and he circled around and landed. He taxied up to the small Island and could see the airplane nestled in the tree diagram. He edged his carpenter's plane upon the grit, got out and secured his planer. He called out but was not surprised when he did n't get an solution. He found quite a bit of blood in the co-pilot 's seat and on the low jump suit he found on the base.

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

"wife badly injured. In Life Raft with One sawbuck Motor, headed South, shoreline to my left"

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

I thought about getting back on the lake to be see easier but it was starting to get sullen and I already had a camp website. I built a ardour on the shore, Just in face. erica was relieved when I told he that we may be rescued as too soon as tomorrow. I got her as well-situated as I could then went back to gathering wood.


Returning from finding the plane ropemaker was almost trusted 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 Roper and Tobias his partner landed they rushed to Search home office. And laid out their plans. Roper says"I 'm Betting his next stopover is going to be at the stage at the end of Miller road. I would propose having an ambulance waiting there by 0830"At 0600 Roper and Tobias took off in ropemaker plane.

At 0530 I was up, put out the blast and got the flock 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 woodworking plane soon. Near 0700 I heard the engine disturbance of a humble 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 point that jutted out into the lake.

It took awhile for us to contact the gunpoint but before we got there I could see flashing emergency brake lights. 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 bank line I threw them. They pulled us up a homemade boat Allium tricoccum.

I assisted Erica to get out of the boat and on to the Gurney. I looked back at the pilots one of them said,"Go with your Wife we will handle your things 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 driver 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 Hospital.

They took her straight to roentgen ray I over heard one of the Nurses say to a Doctor that OR-3 was being prepped.

8 hours later they brought her to her room, after 5 hr in OR 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 caput 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 crack

Her articulatio humeri was not only broken but partially shattered. That was one of the things that took so long, The picking out the splinter pearl. It was not certain she would ever have 100 % use of her shoulder joint 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 Doctor she will be in the infirmary for at to the lowest degree 5 hebdomad then physical therapy for months.

I heard my name called and turned to wait and a short Angel Falls 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 experience to go through everything twice.

While true heath recuperated in the Hospital my thoughts turned to another job. I rented a study boat and a hand truck and a flatcar drone. Drove to Alton Glenn Miller road and launched the boat Donald went with me and Johan stayed with the motortruck. I retraced my pace 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 cablegram and attached it to the bottom shackle on the ass of the plane I drop the boat lynchpin off the bow. Once the boat was stop up I joined Donald at the plane we began the removal of the junk around the planes path. We had brought a Ernst Boris Chain saw with us and it was needed to cut off the limb that penetrated the wind screen. This was also the one that caused the wrong 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 crosshatch then got back aboard the boat. I moved the boat forward till the mainstay chains 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 wetting. They seemed to be okay. We moved on a bit faster me watching ahead and Donald watching the plane. Our only ruefulness was the flank were so damaged they could not be salvaged.

When we arrived at the ramp on the point the boat trailer was already in the body of water 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 boat out of the water. Once it was far enough on solid ground I restarted the winch and pulled the woodworking plane slowly up the ramp.

Once it was level we disconnected the work gravy holder winch, drew it sozzled and locked it down. I pulled the gravy holder out of the way and Johan backed the flat bed in lieu, lowered its cargo wild leek and released the flat winch and hooked it up to the plane. Johan began drawing the plane on to the trailer.

Once it was on instrument panel the prevue we secured it to the trailer with mountain range. A plane section of a hanger had already been set aside for the Reconstruction of the aeroplane. Johan dropped of the aeroplane and he and Donald got in our rental station waggon and came to beak me up after I dropped off the work boat,


They dropped me off at the infirmary and they went to get their wife, I walked into Erica's elbow 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 rush coma. I did n't actually understand why but it was something to do with her school principal combat injury .