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...sweet and human that I decided that anyone she worked for" (Mr. Selznick walked up the walls in devilish glee) "couldn't be nearly so crazy as I expected." When, in early April 1939, the Queen Mary docked at Pier 90, the remarkable Miss Brown had in tow the richest screen potentiality of a decade...
Controlling the flying boxcar on the end of the tow cable is not easy. Our pilot worked hard at it, carefully keeping us above the tow plane and out of its jolting prop-wash. He gripped the control wheel tightly, several times took one hand off to stretch his cramped fingers...
...were less than five minutes from our target-"Z-field," a meadow near Lafayette, Tenn., where the divisional command post was to be established. Ground mists had kept us fairly high. Ahead and below we could see other tow planes flitting along. Now gliders were cutting loose, swinging off to land in the little tree-bordered fields ahead...
Glider Crackup. Suddenly our pilot reached up, hesitated a fraction of a second, then smacked the tow release lever. With a twang like a snapped harp string, the long white towing cable vanished. The pounding thunder of air dropped to a murmur...
Around us, the demonstration was going full blast. The tow planes had swung back overhead and were dropping more paratroops. The sky seemed to blossom and fill with 'chutes, white for the men and bright colors for specific types of packed equipment. Several other wrecked gliders were lying on the field. Men were scurrying by, organizing their positions and setting up mortars, machine guns and bazooka positions. Enemy tanks and cavalry appeared, blasting away with blank ammunition in a confusion of swirling dust and bright sunshine...