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1,1*(iiad lt;‘wa I o i'T'.T)JTOR’S NOTE: Tlcrc if; chapter from nri Infr«■ tir;rpr/«s of article in (ho Oilmr r Mirror, by Staff fu-rroani lb „eat S. Arnppfi, giving on :.lt;■ count of his mpptim Pilot I,t Alvin Orrm ■ , con or V! i ;u. :Mrs, h. H. Graves of water. I.t. Grave*. was rlt; j.r - .1lost ;it ‘mi on a honihln rionWhore We were told Sf.erai dr« Vean iff I r .1 f iM/t n lt;h w* replerit Ifu 1 Hir ing a Kind*- w e■ .• i, i, lt;. t an ira/e|)c lt;Hd wove* Captain B*nle,;k well in the others, worefli K'dr*fi !,; ‘toib tha- 6o miles further youthi he animals war* phutd'al, andli* it !g«m UK lO Oil I illlp I he n i lit y I i sv.f i a I In i lata nithe n fl *’ rut-on so wo. «J* ^ ilt;Ilt;*H loHv I Ut\r SI S \MI i \*lt;f f*lt; a Mi in til#* r!1 Imge, 0peftd the *You talk Iik«* .» ' friili' ni ! and an lt;;u\y tat i.- sf £*Are you from tin .,ut h a I •Pilot Lt. Alvin tinivn-s win n fxv as helping fli' a f:lt; ini; j ?.» Tunisian f oi ! n .■ * i,. in«?ha r g eA s wr glnrted to turn back,Ikeen eyes. spot f or! a j Igstaruff ft$ mmeoiifi ted againstI Joo If ad nr Moddisla nef* hor ir /J.'' Vef i ir I a in i i oin M i Ph a * ©lit, I * Km ? Tf % Ii :: ful Ialso used to iivt Jn Cum* s d «ac -*‘ VVhaf n rnirn id* in e.“ IfteT J e n t on a n t a n sw-r elt; I“idn from Clad* watt r“('nod }m*a v *• rt:•*. we are |)T:m 1 ifiilt v neighbors. i replied ashe old*•ml Jiin hand, l-'roiii Ifeat iday nu, wn In tu in e ter? * dost lynKHOfiuInd,i h:i(* Known hi. h’ravis frO-ia 1)i♦ * t ardy days of my aKsiynnmiit to thiff suniadron I»alt; I. at Ifarfcn-lt;l*iIn FS»dd wi'idi t ho yioup w;i foj mod VVf* had hf***n gut'dfiy on**©notlior for nuitf* om*‘ i i on * hutjmvt r had rjrrasdon to carry on arty (’onv* rgat ion oiht r liian tin*iir U.t ls *d fnito, Sid win II Wemet. m* ^id. fJiavus Ik uhort, wlt;*11 builtand vo ry young 11** Is ijuifofuidotiH in carrying out hjm or-ih-rn, wind her it ha on tin*around or piloting his bomber ino toitnafton Ho is n damn good pilot and wall iiiod by his oft ire rfriends and tin* «*n!istod imn Ills off duly hours are his hixgusl ploasura. Iliey are sptid wise cracking with his friends.i(hiding mystery stories or tellingjokes. 11 Ih serious moments are ocitljdod vvitli thoughts of his home*, his beiutiidil wife and children that he left hack in thatI-'bed Texas boom town of (dadewafer,and an w‘ / /(finfo Med/ Mof J fronr fi* Id )d;os*'S Id t.rav-ea 'looked ifU 'n*' YenIi re*et aI % w£e i w a i 1 rifhtloaded our tiflei aridjeep look etsaro, v.hef eupOii ! lie gazette looke into a run“Look at him go. laeuienatit/'I shouted, hut he dnlu I answerlie w a a l*ehind t he whmd, nming for the kid!. With our windshielddown. I was eager to fire at theIiI1driIhfi.afheirm animal hutLi Citmii. Waif unru wage t cd.OscrC‘Tio jifies in the two onour right Mmietl away I aimed and on tied the trigger hut shot to high i was about to fire again when the animal dropped, hit by one of I he other members of the party We stoppedgermbted out of the jeeps and look our first look at a garelks[em what a few1 remarked, 4‘The first I Wer saw.4 *, 'Fiirn the ari'u .^nn Murtod as to who had shot if hot'i j6e|)S elal.fti.ing lifts kWh Id (Iraves and I listened in gllcheo to the sgnaiehie We knew there were s**v-eral shots lived at close inter vats hut whose they were w® could not say. On examination we found two bullets had hit thegazelle hut who fired which wei(ii tan 1J*ono**a *a xh o i \A few weeks later, when xve 1 lt;lt;)nld never kimsv.* / u, „ ci ^ J; f t* I»J cr It \if^t • O! 11moved to a rest camp in Morroc-ro a t hree day gazelle hunt was planned, fa *Jra\ * s «.mm over to my tent late that night tomo busily at work hv eamlleainM* *Yon nro lip late. nn-ii'i youfVrKMint? And mas I ir U svlialynii ar*- doinp?•Must wi ll in,*' anot hci clia)iIlt;T ,.f my ln»ok 1 1 iinsw.-rmi“1 bad lntlt;*nd«*tl in srs* vcnitnrly in tho morning bill ncnlnira Ji• • I»t in y«nr it-nt. I (lioia iii I ddrop in.” upokt* ibo LI sit linn down noar mo.••It is a ploamirr to have* you drop in any timo, f ir 'TlianKs Hy tbo way, mvvon dolnr; anythlnr in part imilaiIn the »lt;• vt llir*v or tiSf etas tie unked. n*arbiiui in Itb poek«*t•( ‘iicarotlc?”•‘Thank you don't mind if 1 ibi | struck a match, he leanedforward slightly uni wo both litup.“I’m not loo busy. Whal’s up? •‘We are planning a three dayhunting trip and Captain Beale (our commanding officer) wants you to come along a-i an interprefer.”•‘When?’’ 1 asked.“Af eight o’clock in the mornnr Will you be ready'1 ••I'll be ready al seven thirty.'[ answered quickly“Swell. Then you’d better goirid get a good night‘k sleep andI'd better do the satire Goodlight. Sgt, Ameen.“Good night, si)# * *lt was cool with a threat of rain the mxi morning hut we lidtt’f let that interfere with our plans. Loaded with provisions.he three jeeps and travelersI rove away heading south I was iding with Lt. Graves.Arrived at a small Arabiantillage on the Moroccani bon I or miles away from campOur ftpirlf#once again. Five ft! 11®$ further vv e c ft 111 ft * | i i v * * p a z piles f* t. i z ihg. 1 leaving tin* you ml ot out mat ora they mi out fast for « safer zone. Acain we were readj with our fast unheaiahie |e^p®Our plans this time was tPi fjs«*poi*atf‘ them su each i*Tp wuuic , (have a better chance lt;»! sueriuv \wit ho 1« 11 ftfirnft ftfto e iso c I a I m inf jAs we neared, one pa/elUheailcd fo the right an I the tvvrjut-ps to our right took afteihim. \A- (IraV(*s and I chased th* remaining five. \\ lien we Vlt;d to within 75 feet of them 1 raised ^ iiiv rifle, aimed and pul led «he m 11 i s, ip • is ^1 he hu 1l.pt i on fid its« ittoaftmark and I he animal fell. YoU . {.shim. A mim'Ii.” shouted Id(iravr-s. “Now see if you can ha’t jJSs.the next one/'Acaiu I aimed an*, fired, |^||missed, “fry again- (Jlt;it him or the jump/' he suggested. ThepM.t put the ground and downhe went.‘‘houd work, A me® ft. Now |roirn* take She win** I and let me jtry my lin k We changed placesand with just one cartridge leftiu the rifle’s chamber, the Lieu-tciuiut fired. The animnl fell so hard that it rolled over several times before coming to a stop. “Hand me another clipT hecommanded. “No wait Lei meIvy my forty •‘five.At a distance I saw a break in the piftins and it looked as it wft were approaching a river. 1 You'd better hurry, Licuten-1 ant ' They’re heading for thel river and I am afraid that we|gj£ft make it across.Again lie ii red, once, twice, three times, hut on the fourth g 1 *ot he sent the gazelle down.The fifth one managed to crossthe river to safety.(To he Continued)* tr.vjftx:
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Big Sandy News
Big Sandy, Texas, US
Fri, Dec 24, 1943
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