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Word: eisele (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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Visibility was zero. On his first pass the pilot missed the field; he circled for another try. Staff Sergeant George A. Eisel, in the tail turret, caught a blurry glimpse of the ground. Then, with a rending crash, the plane tore itself to wreckage against a low hillside. Eisel was hurled from his seat, forward among the dead. Flames licked close enough to singe his eyelashes before drenching rain put the fire out; 26 hours later he was able to tell rescuers what had happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND,THE DRAFT,MORALE: Not in Bed | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

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