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Queens Die Proudly in Pacific Flight Double Feature
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Kurtz recalls the fatal day in the Philippines when eight men died fleeing for shelter and Old 69 was destroyed before takeoff. He escapes to Australia, spends Christmas there, and continues in Fortress to Java. His squadron then attacks a battleship and sinks two cruisers and a transport off Davao, Malang, and Borneo amid fog and smoke from burning Dutch fields.
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