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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Supportive Wives
“Wives who think their husbands are too hard should back their husbands.” There’s a very important principle in this statement that has nothing to do with being hard. The importance is in the backing. The truth here that helps a … Continue reading
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Summary
On one mission, I had just entered the turret and put on my headset when I heard the pilot say, “After stations, snap on your parachutes.” I immediately started to get out of the turret, and for some reason I … Continue reading
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Third Sea Day
Saturday, June 23, 2007 Today was a day at sea. Annette tried to sit out in the sun but she was exhausted from her run in the heat, so she spent most of the day inside. We sat in the … Continue reading
Hutchinson, Kansas
From San Diego, I was sent to Hutchinson, Kansas, to receive instructions for the PB4Y2. Lucille and I decided we would try to be together as long as I would be in the states. The first time I saw my … Continue reading
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September 22, 2007
Today 2.5 miles = –:– (-:–/mile pace) Weight = 189 lbs. Waist = 41.5″ Goals Resolution Run 5K = 23:59 Weight = 167 lbs. Height = 6’4″
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San Diego and Hawaii
In 1944, we were now in San Diego waiting to go to the war zone. On a routine flight, San Diego’s airport was fogged in and we had to make an emergency landing at Holtville Desert. It was May 12, … Continue reading
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Air Patrols
Our patrols took us over Honk Kong and enemy ships and territories. On one patrol an enemy fighter appeared from in the clouds. I first noticed enemy ships ahead. The waist gunner radioed a fighter coming up, and our pilot … Continue reading
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Routine
We flew patrols every third day, and made 27 missions while on duty in the South Pacific. We flew to Borneo, the Philippines, Los Negros, Leyte, and many more places. At Los Negros, I was standing with a crew member, … Continue reading
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First Action
Within the first three days of being in Morotai, the Japanese came overhead and bombed our camp. Three of our planes were destroyed, one of them belonging to our crew. So from that time on, we had to borrow a … Continue reading
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Enlistment and Training
I enlisted on December 12, 1942, and entered the Navy on December 23, 1942. I went to boot camp at Green Bay Great Lakes Training Center and was given a leave in March of 1943. I was then sent to … Continue reading
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Punishments — Lashes
1. Boys and Girls Playing Together 4 2. Fighting at School 5 3. Quarreling at School 5 4. Gambling or Betting at School 4 5. Playing Cards at School 10 … Continue reading
Prohibitions
Boys are forbidden: To buy or sell, borrow or lend, give, take, or exchange anything except fruit or other eatables, without the teacher’s permission. To read any book in school except such as contain the reading lesson of his class. … Continue reading
Rules for Teachers — 1872
Teachers each day will fill lamps, clear chimneys. Each teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the day’s session. Make your pens carefully. You may whittle nibs to the individual taste of pupils. Men … Continue reading
Rules of Conduct for Teachers
You will not marry during the term of your contract You are not to keep company with men You must be home between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless attending a school function You may not loiter … Continue reading
September 3, 2007
Blueberry Stomp Update — 5K — 24:31 (7:55/mi pace)
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