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Monday, June .18, 1945'.
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rHINA National's airport . at
Dlnjan, n Upper Assam, In
dia, had been cut out of thick
jungle. It was square-shaped,
about one thousand yards long on
each side, and it lay deep In the
volley pt the Brahmaputra River.
In addition to P. N, A. C.'s trans
port equipment the field accom
modated plane9 and pilots of the
Royal Air Force. Surrounding
the field for miles in every direc
tion was thick, Impenetrable Jun
gle, Its green-black monotony as
seen from the air broken only
occasionally by brownish patches
of rice paddles and neatly culti
vated tea plantations.
The usual procedure was to
send new men but on the regular
trans-Himalayan flights as soon
as possible after they' arrived.
Ginglss, Skippy Lane and I, for
instance, made our first trips over
the Hump within three days after
reporting for duty. We were giv
en our own maps, including
strip" sections about a foot wide
and three feet long covering only
the terrain over which we would
fly in ' crossing the Hump.' The
maps and strips included , much
territory that had never been
charted or surveyed, so on each
of those early flights we would
mark them as we went along,
noting , valleys' and , river bends
and mountain peaks giving them
names when they had none, or
adbptlng hew ones when tho for
mal ones were too hard, to re
member or pronounce.' Thus the
Nam Klu River, running a twist
ed course down from lower Tibet
to where it Joined the Nmai
the Red River, because It had a
reddish color wnen seen irom me
air. The Nmal looked silvery
white, so it was the White River.
The Salwcen, third In line as we
Hwu onat frnm ninlnn. Datri-
otlcally assumed a bluish hue and
became the Blue Hlver; ana ui
Lantsang Klang, largest of them
all and muddy as the Ganges,
we called the Brown River.
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PiERE was little regularity as
to how long a pllof had to
fly the route before being cnecKea
out as a qualified C. N. A. C.
in Somn of the boys
spent two or three months as co
pilots, otners oniy two or
weeks. Even among the pilots
.uhn r.omo in r N. A. C. from the
Flying Tigers after the American
Volunteer uroup was aisoanoeu,
there were several who spent a
Mif limn nrnvtnlf thlr flbilltV tO
tpke a ship across tho Himalayas
entirely on their own. mere were
good reasons for this, because the
'riHAi.ii uibm nnmhnt nilnts! theV
Were used to light, fast, single
motor planes; their . previous
training had taught them how to
Attack, to fight, to Btrafe to al
ways be on the offensive, And
now they, wore Jockeying flying
freight cars; slow, cumoersonio,
nr,3 nnH p-47'sf nnd their In
structions were to run for cover
whenever they saw a zero, inai
was hard to take for some of
ttrnan Ian hilf IhnflA whfl didn't
catch on pretty fast were never
heard from again.
There were a number of factors
that contributed to my passing the
final flight check after seven trips
"over the Hump." In tho first
place, I had my Instrument rating
and was not only able to fly blind
but liked doing it; secondly, I
had a thorough background in
navigation; and thirdly, my year
in England with the A. T. A. had
taught me how to fly in almost
tiii.a- in flnnnr Rnrmn. became
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any kind of weather, to always
be on the watch for enemy planev
I tn uluidv, ttitnlr flpa't f .f mu '
crew and passengers, then of the '
plane, and only alter uisi oi He
roics, .on wiat sevemn aay
...ah .n mltu Phnlntn Wnjula tha
chief pilot at Dlnjan, and he put
me through an my paces, riyinu
at a thousand feet we headed
due East (BO degrees) for 10 min
utes; then East Southeast (U0
degrees) for seven minutes; and
due South (180 degrees) for three
minutes. Then wooos sam, -neuu
me Into the station." Looking
only at my instruments, seeing
nothing of tho ground below, I
had to figure how far we had
traveled, exactly how long It
would take to return to me ueiu,
and at what angle I would' ap
proach it. We headed back, and
hallway there wooub saia, ium
to the right 80 degrees." A mo
ment later he said, "Turn to the
left 75 degrees," Then, "Take a
check on where you are." i vim
him where we were, ana ne saw,
"All right, head me Into the sta
tion." We come in entirely on
Instruments' and touched the run
way exactly as planned. Woods
nhonlt mv hand before he climbed
out of the plane; ,
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rpHERE was never a dull minute
1 in the C. N. A. C. In my first
three weeks flying the Hump my
plane was attacked five times' by
Jap Zeros; twice I was forced to
return to my base because of mo
tor trouble; once a cargo of two
Army Jeeps broke loose from their
moorings, ana ior two noura v
rough flying threatened to teat;
out the sides of the ship; and on
my lasi mp oacK irom auuiiiums
kifnu Innulntf nP PfllmittA dnd a
week of relaxation I fought my
way througn an ice siorm mm ui
something less than 24 hours
brought destruction to three
Army planes and their crews'.
That, of course, was in the early
days of the Army Transport
r.ninnJ nnH nt Hint time, ill
Mitte of their superior equipment,
tney were losing cikv "J
planes a month over the Hima
layas compared to three or four
a year In the C. N. A. C. .
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Ethel Barrumore
On Liberty Screen
Rthol Hnrrvmoro has the top
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Lonely Heart," a story of Lon
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June Duprcz heads the sup
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Barrv Fitzaorald. Jane Wyatt, and
George Coulouris.
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Anti-Trust Ruling
On AP is Upheld
WASHINGTON, June 18 (UP)
The supreme court today af
firmed in entirety a lower court
rinnmn hnlflini that the Associ
ated Press' by-laws covering ad
mission of new members are a
viulntion of federal anti-trust
The decision was made by n 5
to 3 split. Justice Hugo L. Black
wrote the opinion for the major
ity, joined by Justices William O.
Douglas, Wiley IS. Hulleage
Stanley Reed and Felix Frank
fm-lor
Chief Justice Harlan Stone and
Justices Frank Murphy and
Owen J. Roberts dissenti'd.
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MEDFORD SHERIFF DIES
MEDFOHD, Ore., June 18 (UP)
Syd I. Drown, Jackstin county
sheriff for the past H years, died
last night after a lengthy illness
at his Mcdford home.
Roosevelt Aide
Army tosts show that Negroes
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whites.
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