GOD IS MY ?, - CO-PILOT ?Cot. Robert L.Scott WJ4U RU.IA&E MM MM vrtaa Ik Wtmxi II Mr Flald ul Btoa *p pwrmult tyta* Whta Ik* vw k***ks oBklu iaitractor ta CalKanU ul kk k k |M fll In ii*? art**, a* appaaii m mmi nmuli t*f a duel t* Ij > com*it itaa* ui laaUr ?h* opportualty comes, n aios a kaaibar to la*Is. where he Ii times a terrr pOat, hat this docs ael appeal la him. Alter a visit with Geo. fklwaiaU he fets a Blttykawk sad soca hiinaii a "oa* maa air lores" over Harms, Be Is made cammsndlo* efflcer at tha ncd Bshtor (reap, takta* over the art), sad Is ordered I* proceed la Kwettm area la tak* eharfe. ' CHAPTER XVI Well, the lost leader looked at his map and still couldn't "ilee how he was North of the course and really past his destination. So he began to argue again. The old Navy op erator stood the bickering as long as he could; then he "took over." With the initiative he had devel oped, he gave off some of the most classic advice that I've ever heard, and he gave it straight from the shoulder. "Goddamit," he called, "who the hell's lost, you or me? Now you fly the, course I'm telling you and we'll meet you." And so another man of the Occi dent failed to change the East, and in failing learned a little and be came a little more like the East. It saved twenty-five airplanes. People have asked tne what made me able to shoot down my first Jap, and probably they expected me to say that I had practised on tow targets until I could put every shot in the black. Or that I had been to all the schools from Leavenworth to Hount Holyoke, and had learned tactics. Or perhaps that I was bet ter at piloting than the Jap. I must have disappointed them. For if any fine thing more than another enabled ee to meet the Japanese fighter pi ts in the air and shoot them down while I escaped, it was an American girl. First of all, I don't know exactly what democracy is, or the real, com mon-sense meaning of a republic. But as we used to talk things over in China, we all used to agree that we were fighting for The American Girl. She to us was America, De mocracy, Coca Colas, Hamburgers, Clean Places to Sleep, or The Amer ican Way of Life. Early one morning?July 31, 1942 ?I took off from Kunming head quarters to return to the eastern theater at Kwellin and Hengyang. High mountains are on this five hundred-mile route to the East, and I went on top . of the overcast right away. From my twenty-thousand foot altitude I kept looking down at the solid cloud layer just below me, and 1 guess that subconsciously I prayed there would be breaks at my destination. There were mountains at my destination too, and it's still not the best feeling to have to dive through overcast into hilly country with a fighter ship?or with any ship, for that matter. As the minutes rolled by and the miles spun behind the P-40, I still didn't see the welcome shadow of a hole in the clouds. In just a little over two hours I arrived over the point above the clouds where Ling ling should have been. You see this point was in flat country, and be tween Kweilin and Hengyang. By intentionally making an error to the North I knew at least what side of Kweilin I was on, and knew further more that I could go down much more safely there than farther South in the mountains that surrounded Kweilin. I called Lingling over the radio, but before I could get a reply, Sas ser, the operator at Kweilin, broke in with an "alert" warning. He said: "Chinese net records noise of enemy airplanes coming up tha Can ton-Hengyang Railway at high al titude. Last report Section A-5." Looking at my map, which was marked off in squares with letter and numeral co-ordinates, I saw that I was very close to that section. But at the same time I was really not oriented as to position, and was into the last twenty or so gallons ot my fuel. Here was a chance at last to intercept enemy planes; by {he time the P-40's from our fighter sta tions could get there, the enemy would have gone on with their mis sion. What was I to do? As I considered it for the second that was necessary to make up my mind, I remember thinking that my loss of this ship would be justified if I shot a Japanese ship down, and if I was out of fuel above the clouds I could dive down and land in a rice paddy. That would be an even trade. But I guess my ego thought I could shoot the whole formation down ? and the exchange of the Japanese flight for my one ship would certainly be favorable to our side. Calling to Sapser, I told him I thought I was just East of Lingling and very close to the Jap formation, and was going to try to intercept. I dove.down until I was just over the tops of the clouds, at 17,600 feet. __ I dodged in among the tops of the fluffy cumulus, looking ahead for the first sign of the black silhouette of aa airplane. As the enemy ships had been reported heading North, I estimated where ibey should now be and flew to intercept them. I'll never forget. I had Just looked at the fuel gauge lor the hundredth time, and as my eyes left the in strument board to go back to my diligent search, I saw the clock, and the hour waa 9:08. At that instant I saw an enemy airplane?one sil houette. From that second on, I know I moved automatically. I saw that on our courses we were going to meet head-on. The other ship was now much nearer, and closing fast. It was a twin-engine bomber and was right down low over the clouds, just as I was. Down below now were holes in the overcast, and I imagine the bomber was trying to locate its po sition to go down through. He didn't see my ship, and I kept hidden by the clouds as much as possible. I felt my left hand go to the instr ment panel to turn on the gun switch. Then, as I looked at the red switch, I saw that I had evidently turned it on without being conscious of the act. I moved it off, then back on again, as a kind of test. I turned the gun-sight rheostat on and got the lighted sight reflected on my glass armor in front of my eyes. The enemy ship came on, "mushrooming" in my vision; our relative speed of approach was per haps Ave hundred miles an hour. By now I had shoved everything forward on the throttle quadrant? the engine was pulling full power, and the prop pitch was set to high speed, low pitch. Then, Just before I pressed the trigger, I saw the other planes, two enemy fighters above and be hind the bomber. I had evidently Some flfty-callber ammunition for the P-t?. not been seen by any of the three ships, for after all I was coming on very close to the clouds. But I nearly stopped my aiming from the surprise of seeing them. They were about three thousand feet above the bomber, and were weaving back and forth in loose formation. I saw the square wing-tip that told they were Navy Zeros. There flashed in my mind the warning that I had heard from General Chennault about at tacking bombers when there was fighter escort. Everyone in China had always neglected to consider odds on the side of the enemy?they were used to that. Personally, I just didn't know enough about aerial combat to worry much, or I might have gone on anyway. My six guns would neutralize their four; I could shoot the bomber down and dive into the clouds before the Zeros could get me. I really don't know whether I thought it all out or not, for by now I was shooting. The tracers seemed to go towards the enemy all right, but now the Jap came into my sights so fast that I don't know whether they hit him then or not. I dove right under the nose of the twin engine ship, and I'll bet he was one surprised pilot. I noted that he had started to turn and maybe that made me miss. As the shiD crossed over mv head. I pulled around in the tightest turn I have ever made, mushing down in the clouds a good distance, and that must have hid me momentarily from the fighter escort. As I came out, the bomber was completing its turn opposite to the way I bad turned, and I moved in tor a full deflection shot?a shot possible when the other ship is crossing your path, at 90 degrees. I had slowed down, however, and had to reef in and shoot at it from beneath and behind. I got a good burst in here. But now I saw tracers all around me and felt a couple of hits: the Zeros were shooting at me. One of the enemy fighters dove in front of me and I got a snap shot at it from a hundred yards. I dove under the bomber again, and with the speed that I gained, tried to make a belly attack; I got hi another shot burst and felt some more hits on my ship. As I pulled up, the Zero that had been shooting at me made the mis take of rolling at the top of his climb, and I dove at him and gave him about two hundred rounds with a no-deflection shot;Iknow the burst hit him badly. I shot at the other fighter from long range as he tried a head-on run. But the clouds were worrying the Japs?they seemed to have trouble seeing me. As my dive at the Zero built my speed up, I turned towards the bomber again; it saw me and started a turn to the right. I mapped a abort head-on ?hot, and before I got to the enemy ?hip, I tossed caution to the winda and made a hundred and eighty de gree turn?the Jap waa right in front of my guna and I waa already ?hooting. I held the trigger down and saw the tracers hit the big wing, the fuselage, and aaw the glass stream from the canopy. I just squeezed the trigger and "froze" as the bomber seemed to come back towards me. As I drew up to less than a hun dred yards the big red spots on the wing grew wider and wider apart, and I saw pieces come from the left engine. I nearly rammed the enemy?I still don't see bow I missed the radio antenna pole be hind the glass canopy; I could see the guna waving to and fro, and they shot at me. But the bomber was going down. I didn't pull up as I went past him this time, but dove steeply. When I came out of thy dive I looked back for the Zeros out they were not to be seen. Above and behind me, the bomber was spinning slowly in flames, the black smoke making a spiral above the clouds?I saw it go into the clouds as I mushed through in my pullout. I came out below the clouds, which were broken in a few places now, but I couldn't see the Jap ships. I made one half circle and didn't know where I was. Finally remembering my fuel sup ply, I breathlessly glanced at the gauges, and they were all bouncing around on?EMPTY I I turned and headed West with my throttle re tarded and the prop set back for cruising. Now I called Sasser, hav ing forgotten to call him at the mo ment of contact with the enemy. I told him about the interception, that I knew I had shot down the bomber and had eotten soma bursts on the fighters. Sasser told me that there was a flight on the way from Hengyang, led by Gil Bright. My altitude was ten thousand now and I held it while I just about glid ed with power to the West, where I should see the Hengyang-Kweilin railroad. As I finished my report over the radio, Sasser in Kweilin told me S-3, and Richardson at Hengyang said S-3 also. But Miller at Lingling told me I sounded very close to his station, and gave me the report S-5. These mean, in radio technical language, that my volume was louder in Lingling than at either of die other two stations. Just then Miller must have re ceived a report from a town that heard my engine, tor he said, "You're Northeast of the field." I turned a little South and saw the welcome red clay of Lingling. I started feeling happy then?I'd been in the air on a cross-country for nearly four hours, and knew that Td shot down at least one plane. I couldn't buzz the field though, for any minute I expected the engine to cough and the prop to start "windmilling"?out of gas. I put the wheels down and landed without even looking to see which way the wind was on the runway. I got the ship parked without the engine's dy ing, but the mechanics said they couldn't see any fuel in the tanks. Rather excitedly I told my story. We counted the holes in my ship and then went over to count those in one of the fighters that had been in another battle that morning. Just then Miller came dashing up is a jeep to say that my air engage ment had been reported over Lei yang, sixty miles to the East, and that confirmation had already come in on my bomber. It had crashed and burned eight miles from the town. That noon I was so excited that I couldn't eat my lunch?I just sat there and relived the battle. The sergeant came in to tell me there were seventeen holes in my ship, and two of them were from the cannon of the Zeros?they were all back near the tail; so maybe George Paxton had been right, and maybe tk. IIUU .eta UiC UlUV IBM VVIUUU I CTCU WWUb Well, we weTe to find out during the next ten days, very vividly. I flew on to Hengyang that after noon, and with Lieutenant Cluck in a jeep we drove to Leiyang. We had information that some of the crew or passengers had jumped from the bomber that morning and bad been captured, and we needed the prison ers for information. With Chinese guides we climbed on foot over the rice paddies built on the hills, to wards the scene of the crashed plane. Even before we'd covered the ten or more miles that we had to walk, I saw evidence of the air plane. It seemed aa if every coolie that came towards us was carryinj a piece of the Jap plane. Near the wreck I saw pieces of aluminum or the bouses covering holes in the roofs, and saw some of the cloth ei from the Jap airmen. These we ex amined, and found a notebook, a map and a pistoL Later the soldiers ai the wreck gave us a chute anc some other things. When we came to the burned bomber we found it pretty well scat tered. The fabric was gone fron the parts that hadn't burned, bw the larger part was just a mass o: burned metal. I noticed that Um bodies of four Japs were lying when they bad fallen, and several dayi later other visitors reported then ' still in the same positions. I lookec in vain through the wreckage for i Samurai sword, which is the souve nir we value most from the Jap. (TO BB CONTINUED) UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday i chool Lesson Lesson for February 25 Council,* migtWM UiMltal un4 h? s. JESUS, IB SON OF GOD '* LESSON TEXT?ltatthaw lS:iMT:, V:M. GOLDEN TEXT -? Wbaomr1 tbmtor* ten ooolMs KM bate* man. hto-wtn 1 coolau also baton my Father which la hi haann.?Matthow 10:11. "What think ye of Christ?" Thar* is a question that every hu man being must answer. Jesus asked it (Matt 21:43), and each of us makes some kind of reply. - It is tha touchstone that tries man, and churches, organizations and movements. The answer to it is of deep Importance, for it determines Character, condition, and destiny for time and eternity. Jesus, the Christ, tha Son of tha living God, is tha center of tha en tire lesson. I. Jesus Confessed (16:13-17). With His crucifixion now only six months away, our Lord in prepara tion for it is about to make a mora definite claim to Messiahahip, and thus to establish the truth in the minds of His disciples. He therefore asks this all ? important question about Himself. First, it is a general query, "Whom do men say that I am?" The answer (v. 14) indicates that the common opinion concerning Christ was a very high one. He had mad a an Impression on the people of His time, and this has been true down through the ages. Even tnose who do not believe on Him admit that He was "the ideal representative and guide to humanity," or the per son before whom "everyone would kneel." But beautiful tributes to His character and leadership are worse than meaningless unless they lead to a personal confession of Him as Lord and Saviour. The question becomes personal as He asks, "Whom do ye say that I am?" That question no one can es cape. We cannot refuse to answer. Neutrality is impossible. Whatever we do or say, or do not do or say, is a decision. Peter's answer is really the sum and substance of Christian doctrine. He recognized Him as the Messiah, the fulfillment of all Hebrew proph ecy, end as the Son of the living God, the Redeemer and Saviour of men, the One in whom centers all Christian faith. n. Jesus Transfigured (17:1-3). As His amazed disciples looked on, the eternal, divine glory of the Son of God could no longer be hid den by the human body and the humble garments of our Lord, and "His face did shine as the sun and His raiment was white as light." They saw their beloved Master now for what He really was, the Son of God. The testimony of Peter was no longer mere words, although ever so blessed. His speech had been confirmed by sight and they knew their Master as the Lord of glory. It is essential in both the life and service of a Christian that he clearly understand the truth about Christ, His person and His work. When that understanding is tied up with a personal vision of His glory, there is assurance and power. The want of such a vision explains the lack of zeal for soul-winning, the ineffectiveness of witness, the un willingness to suffer or sacrifice for Christ's sake. "Where there is no vision, the people perish" (Prov. 28: IS) for want of a witness concerning me saviour. III. Jenu Triumphant (17:4-9). The crowning point of the trans figuration came when the voice ?poke out of the bright cloud end gave not only the Father's unqual ified approval of Christ, but also His command that men should listen to Him and heed His message of re demption. Note how this word of the Father completed the transfiguration. In itself it might have been likened to that which happened to Moses (Ex. 34:29, 30). We say likened to, be cause the glory which showed forth in Jesus was from within, not Just 1 a reflected glow. But the words from heaven pro ' vide the conclusive and final wit 1 nesa. They so impressed Peter that he talked of them as a cherished ' memory and a transforming | power in his life, even when he was 1 an old man (II Pet. 1:19-18). How do they impress you? Are yon 1 ready to acknowledge Jesus as the [ Christ, the Son of God, and take > Him as your Saviour? i IT. Jenu Only (17:7-9). > Having seen Him in His glory, > they now saw Him alone. True, the others had gone, but is there not also ? the thought that He, the blessed | God, now filled the vision of their 1 souls? Surely we find it right at hand to 1 make that application to our own lives. When we really aee Him as 1 He is, then He fills our vision, and when He does that, we have reached ' real satisfaction of life. '? "Jesus only" is more than a mot to or a theme for a song. It is the 1 epitome of a life worth while. It } makes one want to ask everyone, 1 "Do you know Him?" Well, do you? 1 If not, will you take Him aa your Saviour right now? Christian, will you let Him fill your life? Lucky Lady ?c* a Br EVELYN SMITH McOun WWU rMm AT THE far and of the row of . pole beans, Davia North crouched on his heels, watching Mrs. Meek*s angular body inch backward along the row at carrots. Not until she ranched the screen of earn would it be sale to dash to the garage. Mrs. Meek straightened suddenly to ease her back and her eyes skew ered Davie. "What you sittin' there (or, boyt* Davie stared and blinked solemnly, his impatience urging her back to her task. "I declare! Eight year-olds are a queer lot" Mrs. Meek assayed him grimly. "But I 'spect takin' a boy from the Home (or a spell's my Christian duty." Da vie had seen her looking over the fence at Mr. Dyer's Victory garden and she was always cross after that ?for Mr. Dyer's beans were longer and his corn taller than Mrs. Meek's. "Now if I could just afford a little more fertilizer," she grum bled, "some of the quick-grow stuff they got down at Qiffln's Hardware, I might still beat him out of the prize?but three weeks till Judgin' don't give a body much tithe." As she settled back to, work Da vie's breath exploded in a sigh. In another minute it would be safe to approach the old garage. Lady might need water or some thing. For two precarious days, food had taken wing behind Mrs. Meek's uncompromising back, and Davie's skinny little arms still felt the warm softness of Lady's plump body. "La "Lead o' heaven!" dy" seemed like a nice name for the gentle friendly dog he'd found wan dering the streets alone. The re membering choked him?maybe this one he could keep! Davie shifted with eagerness. The movement brought Mrs. Meek's eyes back to him, narrowing suspiciously. "You ain't got another dog hid around some place?to ruin my garden?" "Another dog I" she muttered. "It's bad enough things won't grow with out havin' a dog tear 'em up." The door of the abandoned garage sprang open suddenly. Mrs: Meek's mouth, too, opened, ? Isr words ris ing to a wall. "Oh?"' - Davie's eyes filled his small face and be looked stupidly .from Mrs. Meek to Lady?and the four mites wriggling beside her. "Puppies!" be breathed in a tone associated with Sunday school 'and Christmas trees.... "Land o' heaven!" Mrs. Meek shrieked, "one ain't bad enough it's gotta be five this time! You get rid of them, Davie North. Every last one of them?before tonight. Hear? Or back te the Home you go!" .-i me noonaay sun was Duiunng the exposed pavement of the quiet tree - shaded street when Davie stopped before the last house in the block. He'd knocked at all except this, but na one, it seemed, wanted a dog with four puppies. His finger left the bell and one bare foot dug Into the other as he blinked at the tall man who filled the doorway. A timid smile took root, blossomed into a grin at the unexpected answer to his monotonous question. "We might even look for her own er, huh, lad?" he asked after hear ing Davie's story. Davie's head was still bobbing happily as he sprinted away to com plete the transfer, lest his new-found friend change his mind. Mrs. Meek's call to supper brought the boy to the fence, a small ball of fur cupped in his hands. "What you doln' over there?" she demand ad, "annoyin' the neighbors?" "It's an right Mrs. Meek. Davie Just brought me a dog." Mr. Dyer 1st the screen door slam behind him. "You're a fool, BUI Dyer?or don't you know what a dog can do to a garden?" "Plenty!" be chuckled. "Thanks to Davie here, I can buy more ferti liser for mine." At. the word "fertilizer" bar scrawny eyebrows met over slitted I eyes. "Don't you be pullin' my < leg, BUI Dyer I" "It's the truth." His laughter kin ' died a fire in Davie's thin chest, wsrming him. "We went looking I for Lady's owner this afternoon, Da vie and I. Seems she got out of the baggage room down at the depot." "And they gave me a puppy!" Da vie repeated pointedly. "The man's coming for Lady tomorrow?with ten dollars reward." Mrs. Meek didn't say anything, but when she went inside she j slammed the door with an awful bang. ? You Can Add Square a lone to This Rug, in Flower and Cherry Design By Rath Wyath Spears Ih?g?U UjHJ* .IVjm ^5F^1oeen<* L-J w OOLEN (trips from worn out * * coats, suits and dresses are used for the background of this rug, and the turquoise flowers and red cherries in alternate squares are from dyed pieces of an old cream colored blanket. The burlap or canvas foundation is cut in twelve-inch squares. Each square is hooked separately and, Black Markets and Paper Shortage During Civil War Hoarders, black markets and paper shortage were matters of concern during the Civil war, even as they are today. 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