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...were heading for China a miracle of tail winds sprang up behind us, pushing us along to the west. The ceiling over the China Sea began at about 800 feet, dropped occasionally to zero while the planes were intermittently on instruments. Now & then through a cloud we would see a myriad of Chinese fishing junks careening gently along through shallow waters...
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and his staff sprang the greatest assault in history on the U.S. pocketbook. The objective: $13 billion in War Bonds in three weeks...
...fighting in the air, they have succeeded in destroying five of the enemy machines." Thereafter, fighter pilots spent most of their spare time cleaning, readying their rifles and newly installed machine guns. They tied steel helmets over vulnerable parts of the aircraft-scanty protection when, in 1915, German Fokkers sprang a surprise with machine guns designed to fire through the propeller blades. As their planes grew sturdier, British pilots not only filled their pockets with grenades but also carried bombs in slings on their bodies. Bomb sights they made with a length of wire stretched between two nails...
...took up just as much cargo space as the big-five cigarets most of them had been accustomed to smoking. Troops in England spread a rumor (false) that the U.S. Government had taken over a plant in Richmond, was making its own cigarets and calling them "Chelsea." This probably sprang up months ago when soldiers ordering their favorite brands were given Chelseas in the ratio of three to four of the favorites...
Under the constant pounding, the Del Commune began to stagger. Her joints creaked. With every blow her decks seemed to buckle. She sprang a leak under the stern transom. Given time, she seemed bound to shake herself to pieces. "You just cain't go kickin' this river around this way," murmured one of Captain Joe's copilots. "You just cain...