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...thrilled by the story of Lieut. James Obenauf's courageous action in bringing a doomed B-47 in for a safe landing to save the life of the navigator-instructor Major Joseph Maxwell [May 12]. I have no idea in what school or college Obenauf received his education, but if he is a product of our American family life and our educational system, I say pfui to TIME, LIFE and other advocates of the Russian educational system...
...dark Texas skies, Air Force Lieut. James Edward Obenauf made a split-second, life-and-death decision. Around him, his six-jet B-47* seemed to be falling apart: the right outboard engine was boiling with flame, scattering red-hot pieces of steel across the wing and fuselage. The navigator had bailed out of the nose compartment; so had the pilot. Copilot Obenauf, squeezing along the catwalk toward the nose, was ready to jump too. He looked down and froze: there, lying unconscious, his oxygen equipment disconnected, his chute pack gone, was the navigator-instructor, Major Joseph B. Maxwell...
...wind roared through the open trap door, "Obie" Obenauf hurriedly searched for Maxwell's parachute. His body was weakened from lack of oxygen. He could not find the chute. He looked down at Maxwell again, felt an awful, strong urge to leave him. "Gee, I got my own battle to fight." Then Obie, just turned 23, five years out of high school, father of a ten-month old boy, father-to-be of a second child, turned around and crawled back into his rear cockpit and took control of the airplane on the chance that he might be able...
Less than 36 hours later, about 800 Air Forcemen and their families crowded into the Dyess base theater. Lieut. James Edward Obenauf, 23, one eye bandaged and the other kept closed against the bright lights, stepped out on the platform with his wife. He had performed far above and beyond the call of duty. And General Tom Power, boss of the Strategic Air Command, pinned a medal on Obie's chest. It was the Distinguished Flying Cross...