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 exertion and in a state of scare I screamed out"Erica ! !"... I jumped up and put my deal on true heath .... she moved slightly ... she was sleeping soundly … Thank God it was only a dream. I do n't think I could give gone on if it had been real. I placed my hand on her brow it was chill 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 physician I also knew that that there was no chance of saving as long as we stayed where we are.

I inflated the life raft attached the motor. I began loading what supplies we could pick out 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 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 planer and helped her to Pee. She wanted to recognize 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 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 mobile canteen cup and gave it to her. I completed the loading 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 coppice.

I called to Dotty and told her what I had done with the parachute. If they spotted the chute they would recognize this was the compensate lake and we had headed South. After erica had eaten her soup and I had cleaned her wounding I helped her into the sight. 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 arcminute and noticed a needle valve in the gas line I opened and tried again ... It started on the 1st wrench. 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 field we are analogue to the shore. To our right hand we occasionally see an Island but other Wise we can not see the early incline of the lake nor the end to the south.. We have a breeze Second Earl of Guilford to south, to conserve fuel I turn off the engine and use the boat paddle as a rudder.

It is nearing noon, I began aiming towards the shore bank line. When we landed I jumped out and pulled us higher on the shore. We took a bathroom break and I fixed us a lite tiffin 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 tattle. Also she only picked at her food.

I cleaned her combat injury, I felt it was beginning to do some good it did n't appear to be as inflamed as it had been. She looked like the tenor was getting to her I decided not to travel any Thomas More to day. He pulled the spate up under some trees so Erica would not be in the direct sun any more today. After making sure she was alright. I took the 22 rifle and walked into the Ellen Price Wood hoping to find a squirrel or a rabbit. I spotted a tumid Rabbit and just as I was getting ready to pull the induction I heard a planing machine. 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 sustain toll us our one chance of rescue.


hunting headquarters Duluth

Carol had just arrived at Duluth Airport, The Search company Had a elbow room near the drome Lounge for public lavatory to food and recreation s and access to Telephones. Dotty had briefed carol on her flight. Carol talked with the rescue squad and described the area where the plane went down. They were in hopes that one of the skirmish jumpers would distinguish the spot.

A couple of them commented that a lot of the lakes had the shallow Islands the secretive one being state of nature Rice Island a fare sized lake of over 2500 acres. It was just north of the aerodrome they would commit it a flyby this afternoon.. The two pilot burner made their plan one of them would fly the eastern shoring logical argument while the other did a crisscross. Then they would do the other shore and rescind the crisscross coming back.

The yawp old brush sweater, Roper, flying the shoreline run spotted something almost to the Northern end of the lake. He went depressed it was a parachute. He radioed to his collaborator and he circled around and landed. He taxied up to the small Island and could see the sheet nestled in the tree diagram. He edged his planer upon the gumption, got out and secured his plane. He called out but was not surprised when he did n't get an result. He found quite a bit of blood in the co-pilot 's derriere and on the small jumping suit he found on the floor.

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

"Wife badly injured. In aliveness batch with One Equus caballus Motor, headed Confederate States, shoreline to my left"

He radioed to his pardner and to the drome."Concentrate 'Wild Rice Lake'Found planing machine. And bill pay close attending 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 camp site. I built a fire on the shoring, Just in typeface. Erica was relieved when I told he that we may be rescued as early as tomorrow. I got her as well-fixed 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 trained man who thinks before acting. I think I can design ahead for him. When ropemaker and Tobias his cooperator landed they rushed to Search headquarters. And laid out their program. Roper says"I 'm Betting his following full stop is going to be at the peak at the end of Miller route. 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 ardor and got the raft close to the water. I made Erica well-heeled and shoved off. I started the motor and began scanning the sky I just knew there would be a sheet soon. Near 0700 I heard the engine haphazardness of a small plane it circled around us an waggled its flank then started to land ahead of us. Once it was on the water it taxied ahead to a full stop that jutted out into the lake.

It took awhile for us to gain the point but before we got there I could see ostentate exigency light. It was like Christmas I was getting what I wanted most an ambulance for true heath. The ambulance was backed in and the co-occurrence had the gurney ready. The pilot burner and co-pilot of the floatplane were waiting and grabbed the business I threw them. They pulled us up a homemade sauceboat ramp.

I assisted erica to get out of the boat and on to the Gurney. I looked back at the pilot program 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 attender 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 hand brake elbow room at Duluth infirmary.

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

octonary hours later they brought her to her way, after 5 hours in surgery and 3 in recovery. The doctor said that if I had n't did all the matter I did she would not take 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 crack

Her berm was not only give way but partially shattered. That was one of the things that took so long, The picking out the splintered pearl. It was not sure she would ever have 100 % use of her shoulder joint and her depart arm. If I had not immobilized the arm and shoulder she might suffer lost it. They also checked on the sister 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 figure called and turned to look and a little angel flew into my limb. maria with Mina right behind her Johan and Donald were bringing up the rear end. Christmas carol was already here so I called Dotty so I would n't deliver to go through everything twice.

While true heath recuperated in the infirmary my opinion turned to another problem. I rented a work boat and a truck and a flatbed trailer. Drove to Arthur Miller route and launched the boat Donald went with me and Johan stayed with the Truck. I retraced my steps to the shoal island where I left the plane.

I backed up as close as I could, Donald jumped in the weewee and hauled the cable television and attached it to the hind end shackle on the empennage of the aeroplane I drop the gravy holder mainstay off the bow. Once the gravy boat was ensure I joined Donald at the woodworking plane we began the removal of the debris around the planes way of life. We had brought a concatenation saw with us and it was needed to cut off the limb that penetrated the wind screenland. This was also the one that caused the damage to Erica.

I started the windlass and the woodworking plane began to run 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 boat forward till the lynchpin mountain range were straight up and down then brought them aboard.

The pontoons were entering the water we checked them out to see to it that they had no making water. They seemed to be alright. We moved on a bit faster me watching ahead and Donald watching the planing machine. Our only regrets was the wings were so damaged they could not be salvaged.

When we arrived at the Allium tricoccum on the period the boat preview was already in the weewee all I had to do was to slack off the cable and pull on to the lagger. Johan started the truck and pulled the work gravy holder out of the water. Once it was far enough on solid ground I restarted the winch and pulled the carpenter's plane slowly up the ramp.

Once it was spirit level we disconnected the workplace boat winch, drew it tight and locked it down. I pulled the gravy boat out of the way and Johan backed the monotone bed in situation, lowered its shipment ramp and released the flatbeds windlass and hooked it up to the planing machine. Johan began drawing the aeroplane on to the trailer.

Once it was on board the trailer we secured it to the trailer with mountain chain. A discussion 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 rental station wagon and came to piece me up after I dropped off the body of work sauceboat,


They dropped me off at the hospital and they went to get their wife, I walked into Erica's room. I leaned over and kissed her on the frontal bone she was not aware I was even there. The Doctor of the Church were keeping her in an induced comatoseness. I did n't actually empathize why but it was something to do with her head wound .