P A U * fW O
T hursday , J anuary
4 .1945
IN D IG E N T S O LD IE R : M ark ment Co. *3.75t G raber-Getty«
TM K ('O N C IH K SU M M A R Y O F Schtuil DLst.
No.
186. 15 00;
A L L HUNINKNN T R A N S A C T E D School Plat. No. 160 $10.00; Four H athaway $5.1X1; General Roads lldw e. Co. $20.07; Joe W lleot
had developed a rule of thumb: I
$17 28; In te rc ity Sand A G ravel
RY
THE
COMMISSIONERS’ Oaks Qr«nge $5.00; Bethel School *30.93;
would dive at some forty-five de
Sign Co.
D E P A R T M E N T : Co. $1100; G oettllng
COURT
FOR
NOVKMBER,
1041.
D
lst.
No.
52.
$10.00;
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to
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grees: then, as the target In my gun-
$210.00; Namm *3.50; T rom bly T ru ck Equip Co.
——
-—
Sons
$10.00;
D
unn
School
Dint.
Albert
C.
Diels
sight passed under the nose of my
O nlcred that 33 detxis he made $5.00: M cK cnxit School Dist No. N icltols $1601X1; Imogene Grabble $42 56; Secretary of S la te $78,(X);
ship, I would begin to pull out slowly
fo
r
county Qwntxl properties fo r 68 $5 .00; School Dist. No. 24 **.00; $130,00; Koke-Chapman Co. $3.55; O. K T lte Shop $-13 0 2 ' Cen Lin.
and count—one count for every thou
Mrs. Chas. Hayden $5.00; Elsie Naontl Nichols $3 15; T idew ater Peo. U til. Dlst 92tx>; Fred Sntig-
sand feet of my elevation above the the to ta l sum o f $10,422.37.
Orders'd
th
a
t
tw
o
offers
to
ta
l
M.
Scott 95<X1; Community Hall Asaoc. l id Co, $672; A lbert C ley $210.00; E. J Mala* $1851X1;
target Then as the ship came al
C. E. D uckw orth $ 185.(Ml; Johi
most level, if I was at two thou ing $620IM) fo r tw o tra cts o f $5.00; West Poi.it Grange $10.00. Dlv«» $1.90; Ted Fuiucane $8 18;
Stelln Maglndry School $10 00; Cascade M oto r Co. $1.50; A lb ert Ilrannell $185 00; L. I. Doane
sand feet when I reached the count county owned land be rejected.
$210.00;
O rd e r establishing
perpetual Masonic Ixwlge $10.00; School C. D ielz $5.60; Pac. Tel. A Telg. $185tXl; A A. M a rtin
1 of "two," I'd drop the bomb.
flip 20 south Dial. No. 45; Mrs. Herbert Moon Co. *23.70; O ffice Much. A Sup. Chas. G. Lewis $207 90; L. W.
I let the tour barges get almost to rig h t of w ay in tc>-
Lawson $204.70; Cal. lla Spence
the makeshift wharf; then I dove o f range 3 West o f the W ilh un et- $10.00; Coyote C om m unity C lub Co. $11.50; Bailey M otor Co. $2 •
$201.60; Roy Flten $176.40; Wayne
50;
Boehnke
P
rint
Co.
$7.80;
te
M
eridian,
in
Lane
County,
O
re-
$5.00;
H.
A.
I
l
u
.
e
$10.00;
Chas,
W N U . R tU tA S a
i from my cloud cover. As I got the
E. Vun O d o l
Goheen $5.00; Crow Grange $10.- W estern Union Telg. Co $074; C larke $201 60;
(Continued from last week.)
In the days that followed I sank middle two barges on my gun-sight. gon.
*189.60; Hugh Holland $150.00;
A
lb
e
rt
C.
Dielz.
*1.95;
C.
S.
C
a
rl
O
rder
g
ra
n
tin
g
M
ountain
States
(X);
School
Dist.
No.
84
$
5
IM);
! barges filled with enemy soldiers, I made a mental resolution not to be
CHAPTER K ill
iK'rmission to M ain R iver Grar.g
$5.00; Mrs. son $15.70; General Roads $21.23; ’’C laire Parks $188.00; H a rry W II-
bombed enemy cqlumns and strafed short—for even if I went over I'd hit Bower Company
V **
*
Hams *80.00; G e o r g e
Stock
enemy soldiers swimming in the wa the Japs in the town. As I passed construct transm ission line in Sec E. A. Wood $10 00; Cabin C ity Oldhams R eslaurnnl $1.50;
$18655; Irv a Dick 9140.00; P. C.
Word had come now that the AVG,
JU
S
T
IC
E
C
O
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R
T:
Pac.
Tel.
A
A
uto
C
ourt
$5.uD;
Jennie
F.
tion
31.
32,
33,
T
u
p
20
SR
2
W
three
thousand
feet
the
nearest
ter from the barges I had sunk. But
with General Chennault as Com
Knox 9188.00;
Roger
M auldin
when I went back next day there barge went under me, and I began to and Sec 3. 4. T u p 21 SR 2 W Loucks $5.00; School Dlst. No. 85 Telg. Co. *6.25; Valley P rint. A
mander, was to be inducted into the
Co.
$2.80;
H ow ard M $35 15; P. J. Ilhit»-! $161; Mrs.
$5.00; 1 .0 . 0 . F. Lodge No. 207 S tat.
were more and more Japs surging pull out and count: "One—two— Lane C ounty, Oregon.
Army Air Corpi. Chennault, then a
C ontract between Lane C ounty $5.(X); F a ll Creek Church o f C hrist Braw nell *75.00; G. E. Wheaton Ben Jackson $2.379; W. J. Me-
northward into upper Burma to three— pull"—putting In the extra
Genera? in the Chinese Army but a
' CVeady Lbr. Co. *5.67. H. M. Pet
wards India. No. the title was an count to insure me against being and Weyerhaeuser T im b e r Coin- $5.00; School D ist. No. 165 $5.00: *12.50; M a rk H athaway $3.10; J.
retired Captain in the U. S. Army,
Joe Ilcdnusohck $10.00; McKenzie E. Paddock $10.03; W o rth Harvey ersen M otor Co. $61.15; H. Rager-
empty one—for even I, with my ego short I felt the bomb let go as I pany fo r purchase o f property.
was to be given the rank of Briga
Service
Resolution fo r relocation o f R ive r A xtire Club $5.00; W. F. 4ns. Serv. $10.00; Chas. L. Gra- lund $4.(X1; B ill’s A uto
tism of success in combat, knew by Jerked the belly-tank release, and 1
dier General to head the China Air
Groves $5.tX);. Linslau Gym. *5.00; den $40.80; C. S. Briscoe $22 05; $8.25; Bureau o f Labor $8 00;
now that one man could make no turned to get the wtng oqt of the C ounty Road No. 588.
Task Force. But from what I had
O rder g ra n tin g franchise to School Dist. No. 150 $IO(X); Gold- J H. W illiam s *5.00; Koke-Chap- W alker Saw Shop $8 50; W a lke r
real mark on thia enemy that we way so that I could see the bomb hit.
gathered from the tew newspapers
Auto Supply Co. $ .l2 8 , Bee Line
Southern
Pacific Com |iany fo r to son C om m unity I b ill $5.<X); Roy man Co. $42.23;
The five hundred pounds of TNT
we had received and from rumors were fighting. I had the satisfac
MUSEUM: J. E. O akes $140 00; Serviee $5 52; Mt. Stales Power
construct ra ilw a y spur in Cross Patton $5.00; School D ist,
No.
exploded
either
right
beside
the
that filtered through. I knew that tion, however, of knowing that I was
Plat.
174 $5 00;
M ary E. Stonefield B ill's Garbage Service *2.00; R .A Co. $1(X); Pac. Tel A Telg. Co.
not many of the AVG were going to learning things. I had the experi leading barge or between the barge
•'•1.Î57; W hite $5.50; Pae. Tel A Telg O i $5.95;
Resolution concerning establish $5.1X1; School D ist. No, 32 *5.00; Babb lldw e. Co.
closest to shore and the docks. As
accept induction.
ence of ten years of m ilitary flying,
n o rth o f I. O. Ò. F. H all $3.00; Grange H all E le ctric Co. *9.03; Eugene W ater Cottage Grove W a te r System
the black smoke cleared, 1 saw m ent o f county
road
There were officious men around and I knew I was a good pilot The pieces of the barge splashing into Cottage Grove.
$5.00; In te r-C ity Sand A Gravel Hoard $50 86; M i.u rd -H u n tin g to n $175; Joe (T ic k 90.86c; S tandanl
the China-Burma-India theater who day was going to come when that the river a hundred yards from the
OH Co. $43.(19; Peter Ucovbo 91 50;
Resolution concerning establish Co. $5.00; The B a ptist Church Fuel Co. $2100;
knowledge
of
mine,
learned
the
hard
thought the AVG were unruly and
L. M Hansey 90.78c; Carlson,
explosion. I went down and strafed, ing county road connecting the $5.00; Mrs. J. D M ills
$5
00;
P
U
B
LIC
W
E
L
F
A
R
E
COM
M
IS-
undisciplined. To these statements way. would help train the new units but the black smoke was so thick
H atton A lin y Inc. 4TJ0; Retread
old
and
new
W
illa
m
e
tte
Highways
School
Dust.
No.
90
$5
00;
Chester
S
IO
N
:
L
n
d
le
M.
Scott.
St.
Treus.
I always remarked that I wished we that would come from home. There that I could see very little to con
T ire Shop $85 75; A d air M arshall
near the Coast F o rk Bridge.
Ayres $5.00; School Dist. Ny. 25 $8.695.20:
had ten such undisciplined groups— is no substitute for combat. You've centrate on; so 1 climbed to three
Co $6 03: Geo Toim an $8010;
PR
EDATO
R
Y
A
N
IM
A
L
S
:
Guy
Resolution
re
:m
a
tte
r
o
f
the
re-
$10.00;
School
Dist.
No.
26
$5.00;
for they would have destroyed some got to shoot at people while you’re thousand feet and waited for the
¡Silas Bloom $16560;
Lawrence
tu
rn
to
Lane
C
ounty
o
f
portions
Four-11
M
others
Club
$5.00;
M
in-
S.
Prichard
$43.56;
three to four thousand enemy air being shot at yourself.
Lawson $158 70; Lawrence M illi
smoke to clear. Then 1 dove for the o f the old W illa m e tte Highway.
S
H
E
R
IF
F
:
Pat.
le
i
A
Telg
Co.
nie
Plank
$5.00;
P.
U.
L.
L.
Club
planes, and that would certainly
For the time being, though, there two barges that were drifting down
O ld e r recommending issuance of $5.00; Lorane Grange H all $5.00; $40.75; C. L. C u :t:s $180.00; N. can 9131.10; Alexander A D enni
have hindered the Japanese. There was just the one’ship. and I nursed the river.
I must have put two
W. C. Ro son 9135(X); Frank M ille r $59 20;
F re d
H ostick $10.00; Low ell F, W hippit $175.tAl;
were others who claimed that the it like a baby. Flying it constantly. hundred rounds into each ot them. 24 liquor licenses.
COM
MISSIONERS’
COURT
maine
$175.00;
Fiuucoa
M. Ache- ^G ilb e rt Fox 971 20; Cecil S m ith
Grange
$5.00;
School
Dist.
No.
68
fighters of the AVG fought for the I had begun to feel a part of i t I got one to burning, and from the
LANK
COUNTY.
son
$150.00;
George
Hawley
i n $6.90; T. D. R oblnett $6 90. Ray
$500;
Mabel
School
D
ist.
No.
6-1
high salaries arfti the extra bonus of Sometimes at night I'd think of my black smoke it must have been load
November Claims, HM4.
$3.00; Mapleton Garage $5.00; to; F. L. H illlk e r $8 40; Rohbrt George $213 60. W endell W h itt
five hundred dollars for each ene wife and little girl, but never in ed with gasoline. The other would
A
Niece
A D V E R T IS IN G : N at l. Assn, o f M a ttie C. Neeley $5.00; I 0 . 0 F. Perrle $8.10; Tex C. Johnson $2 - ington $195 80; M
my plane they shot down. That combat Sometimes, coming home not bum. but I ’m sure I left enough
$153.60;
W ayne
T row bridge
Cottage
40;
C.
S.
Ghse
$2.70;
A
rt
W
il
C
ounty
O
fficia
ls
$33.12;
H
a
ll
$10.00;
L.
C.
A
k
e
rk
y
$5
00;
made me laugh, for I had seen the after striking the enemy. I'd think of holes in it to sink it. Coming, back
M unay Nadeau $5 00; C. C F isk liam s $660; H a rry Melson $1,80; $10270; Glenn iX'an $37 00; Ed
AVO fight, and later on I was to fly them and they seemed far, far away. over the target again. I strafed the Grove Sentinel $29.05;
Is«avltt
ASSESSOR: Pae. Tel. A- Telg $10 00; E. T. Templeman $10.00; F ra n k C ogill $10 80; Robert l ’nd- C. Sm ith $50 40; Geo
with them against the enemy
I Towards the last of May. after I'd Japs in the water who were either
$10208;
Ed
Johnson
$116
55;
A rt.
Co.
$6.25;
Agnes
O
'B
rien
$190.00;
gett
$1.80;
Lornn
F.
S
m
ith
$2.70;
Pleasant H ill H igh School $5.00:
knew those great pilots—I knew that flown just about two hundred hours floating dead or swimming towards
S. C. Payne $175.00; M ildred Cole Mrs. Thomas A. Riley $10.1X1; L C. Nelson $14 40; Ted Flnu- Hendrickson $120.25; Don C lay
they were great American adventur in combat and had gathered about shore.
man $140.00; Adeline
W a lte r J. T aylo r $77.60; Rodney Burden >1120;
V o lk s to rf Grange H all $5.00; M am ie Knox cane $17.40;
ers who would have fought Just as a hundred holes in my ship. 1 think
On my second raid I dropped a $140.00; M aurine M ercer $130.1X1; Beidler $5.00;
$7120;
F rank J).
hard for peanuts or Confederate I must have wondered if I'd ever see
Donald Connor $15 60; L iw ren ee P atrick $6 00. G ilb e rt Fox
R oblnett
money—as long as they were fight them again. I carried a Tommy gun five-hundred-pound bomb on the Jean Schroeder
$120.00; Jack $500; School Dist. No. 12 $10.00; Andy Christensen J r $6.00; G ar M ille r *59.20; T. D
ing for General Chennault and were with me in the cockpit of the ship, largest building in Homalin, which Rowland
$25.00;
Monroe
Cal Cedar School Dial. No. 34 $5.00; net Rowland $6,0ü; F. L . H illik e r *108.50; Cecil Sm ith 941 40; Mrs.
flying those beloved P-43's.
for at strafing altitude there would the British Intelligence reported the Mach. Co. $12.00; Rem ington Rand Mrs. D clm e r C. Ransdell *5.00; $23 50; O. E. Crowe $15.70; Allen H a rrie tt Head *67 50; Ixu . P low
next day had been the police sta-e
As it stood now: after long hours probably be no time to bail out with
Inc. $65.82; General Roads $4.44; Thurston Grange H all 510.00; E. H a m ilto n $2 00; The W illa m man 97 40; E. J. Thoms 937.00;
tion. They said that two hundred
the
chute
anyway,
and
I
knew
that
W
y a tt's $455
C om m unity H all $10.00; Welcome ette Press $7.00; W. C. Romaine Edward Vonudn 975.20; H. G.
of combat the men were tired: they
Japanese were killed in that bomb
C IR C U IT COURT: R. N. Ap- Rebekah I-odge No. 211 $5.00; $1.85; N. F W hlpps $12.30; Gen R i.s k 955.50; Daniel W DeFoe
had been out of the United States prisoners taken by the Japs receive ing, and that between six hundred
D orothy Putnam : School Dist. No. 118 *5.00; Btxith e ra l Road $33.42; E. W. O 'Brien $88 00; B. F Goode 996.60; O. E.
under the most trying conditions very harsh treatment, especially and a thousand were killed in the pling $25 00;
Ralph Petzold
for nearly a year. They were all those who have been strafing the series of bombing*. Many bodies $20.00; M a rk H athaw ay
$36.00: K e lly Lbr. Co. $10.00; C om m unity $27.57; Glenn R M e rre ll $16.80; Rebmen $7«0;
H ull
981 60;
showing com bet fatigue and needed capturing troops when shot down. were picked up about thirty miles The A m erican L aw
Book
Co.- C lub $5 00: Treadgold L b r. Co. Elsie Paeschke $300; Seymours 996 t-O. J.uiir . P
a rest. Some of-them were combat- With that gun. after my crash land down the Chindwin at Tamu and Sit- $10.00; Pae. Tel. & Telg. Co $14.- $7.50: School Dist. No. 129 $5.00; Chateau $1665; W estern Union Floyd E Kelsay 920 70; A lbert A
weary and ought'never to be risked ing I'd have one more crack at the tiang. All four of my bombs had 90; Koke-Chapnian Co. $4.20: II. W illakenzie Grange H a ll $10.00; Telg. Co. $9.42; Hastings Texaco W o . n I 919.20; Guy Allison 98.90;
Japs—I certainly didn't intend to be
in combat again.
done some damage, and I was quite V. Johnson $15.00: D onald R. Hus- School Dist No. 105 $5.00; School Serv. $27 86; Ted Finueane $1,60; H a rry Bai ker 9129 50; R I t B a rk
captured.
band $15.00;-Bancroft-W hitney Co. D ist. No. 133 $5 00; School Dist Eloise B row ning $5 60; James, H. er 91.36 50; G«s> Chajminn 979 80;
Furthermore, the induction of the
satisfied.
When my imagination failed to
AVG had hit a snag, from poor judg
$5.00;
Wm.
P.
Riddlcsbargcr No. 19 $3000; L illie B entley 55- W illia m s $3190; George Hawley David Coy $105.60; W. J. Vaughn
In British Intelligence reports I
ment on the part of one man. It supply new tricks like painting the read that Radio Tokyo bad men $15.00; West Pub. Co. $8.00; Val DO; Methodist Church $5 00; Mrs. $«95; W a lt. T a y lo r $7 50; F ire *12.06; Joe Orahain 91120; Wm.
seems that someone had lined the nose different colors and changing tioned Homalin. One bombing had ley P rint. & S tat. Co. $1.30; Oc B tew orth
T ilto n $750; W . H. stone Stores $17.95; Koke-Cha|>- Olsen 955.60; Jim Hnines 922.40;
$155 40;
Ralph
boys up for a fight-talk on the glam the number on the fuselage, I got taken place, it seems, with very burn H otel $21.00; West Pub. Co. Hobbs $5 00; E. R. Shank $5.00; man Co. $2.20; C S Carlson $41 - Glen Allison
John
M.xire
our Of induction Into the Army, and Sergeant Bonner and my armorer slight damage, and that only to the $5.00
School D ist. No. 4 $7000; Mrs. 20; D r. W. M. Sw angonl $15.00; Nichols $173 90;
had used very little ta c t He re to attach a five-hundred-pound dem- innocent Burmese villagers, but the
C L E R K : Pac. Tel. & Telg. Co. J. B. Hodson $10 00; W K Fog- T ide w a te r Associated O il Co. $11.- 951 80; C. II. Weathers $37 00;
cited newspaper stories intimating oliti r- bomb under the little fighter. Imperial Japanese Army had evac $19.90; S h elto n -T u rn bu ll-F u 11 e r elstrom $5.00;
E dith
G ardiner 89; Standard O il Co. $4.25; Scher M ike Rodakowskt 9140.70; Ivan N.
that the AVG fought for the high
Co.
$1
50;
Monroe
Cal.
Mach.
Co.
$5.00;
Church
uated Homalin because of the serious
o f God $10.00; er M o to r Co. $200; Jack Lam b S m ith 9177 60; J. W. M urphy
pay of Cameo—between $600 to $750 • A Jap bomber is shot down in malaria that was prevalent there. Inc. $36.00; S. E. Skene $190.00; F irs t Evangelical Church $10.00; F ilm Shop $2 41; Cressey's S IL - 948.10; F A. Riebe $67.20; Dennie
9117 30;
John
Sm ith.
a month,, depending on whether or Col. Scott's first ae rial combat.
Anyway. I always like to think that Eva L. D uckw orth $175.00; Grace Mrs. Leah Freerksen $10.00; W. 90; O. E. Crowe *32.00; A ltie rt Hayes
not the pilot was a w-ing man or a
$176
40;
Joe
G
ray
$111
(XI;
H a rry
Dietz
$15.00;
Andy
Christensen
M.
L.
Dawson
$155.00;
Helen
Sor-
O.
\V.
H
a
ll
$10.00;
Mrs.
M
arion
my four trips to Homalin with four
squadron leader. This salesman for I was planning some real dam 500-pound packages of good old ensen $150.00; Sara Allen $150.00; G u th rie
$5 00;
H a ttie
Cordon 510.00; Andy Christensen $36 80; R. Thompson $64.00; Guy A llison
went on to state that he sincerely age to the Japs. This bomb was American Pleatinny T N T had some Blanche Sweet $135.00; Nica Mc S5.00; K n igh ts o f Pythias $10.00; F. L H illik e r $4 80; C. B. C h ris t 9120.15; J. L. Jepson $33.60; C W.
hoped the AVG would accept induc hooked on to the belly-tank release thing to do with, the monkey-men’s Gee $140.00; Doris Fegles $140.00;
L. S. Axland $10.00; M r Daniel ensen $5 (X); N F WhtaMM *9.10; S m ith $41.40; W a lte r Campbell
tion. because if they didn't, and of the Kittyhawk and overloaded the deciding that the m alaria was too Lucile Lansing $140.00; D orothy M cN iel $10.00:
S H E R IF F -J A IL :
Ralph M c In $11100; W. D. Glnspey $144 30;
C entral Pres.
when their contracts with Cameo ship somewhat, but I was to be bad along the Chindwin.
ty
re
*133.00:
A
llen
H
a rt $110.1X1; II. 11. C a rte r $170 20; J.-ff P e ttit
Putnam
$130.00;
L.
M.
Bryson
Church
$10.00;
Grace
Lutheran
expired, they would probably find come used to th a t With eighteen-
*32.00;
P ittsburgh *40.80; W. A C rispin 933.20; H a r
$75.00; Jack Rowlnnd $110.00; C hurch $10.00; N orthwest C h ris t- N ellie H a rt
hundred-odd
rounds
of
fifty-caliber
their draft boards waiting for them
My raids with “Old Extermina Koke-C hapm an.
Paints
$13.76;
K
o
rn
Baking
Co. vey G MeAtee 9111 00; J. H. Mae-
C
o.
-5718.05;
Ja
n
College
$10.00;
Episcopal
when they stepped off the boat that ammunition, three tanks of fuel, the tor" continued through May and into
Eugene
Southern Pacific Co. $1035; The Church $10.00; F irst Congrcga- $14.71; N orthw est C ities Gas Co. Donald J-br. Co. 91.50;
pilot's
weight,
and
this
500-pound
carried them back to the United
June. Some days I'd climb out of W illa m o tte
Prcsa $4.50; W . B. tio na l C hurch $10 (X);
F airm o nt $1.38; Pioneer Grocery Co. $7660; Brake A M otor Serv 92 50; R A.
bomb.
I
was
taking
off
with
over
States. In that case, they would of
India through the rain clouds of the D illa rd $16.20; V alley
P rin t. & Pres. Church S1000; C a rro ll S. Newmans Fish M kts. $789; T if Babb lld w e Co. 969 28; Geo. A.
course be inducted as privates rath 2,500 pounds in the little single-seat monsoon and fly on into Burma. The
S tat. Co. $11.65; F ra n k lin P rin t- Faunce $10.00; C. H. Secoy $10.- fany-D avis D rag Co. $2.54; Ira H alton Co. $10 82; C lark H alt A
er. Later we were to increase even
er than commissioned as officers.
trip back would then be one to wor ing Co. $2.34; A llen E. H a m ilto n 00; R ichard Anderson SlO.tXl; C. O. W illia m s $27.26; New Service Elec. Co $58.46; Mrs. M Y W a rn
this bad; but for the time being
A large percentage of the AVG
ry me. for I never knew exactly $1.50; Boehnke P rin t. Co. 547.85 A. Peterson $2 40; E. A. Schwer I-aundry $2 40; Reid's Cream ery e r *13.53;. Guy Stephens $77.42;
my wing loading was enough.
are reported to have got up and
when to let down. Almost every Lig htning 's $12.75;
in» $2 09; N. E. Steele $1.50; Ted $35.13; J. N. Allen Sup Co. »15.- C i f l H olm A Co. $1.935.58; Floyd
Well
do
I
remember
the
first
time
walked out on the speech. After all.
day. however, if I worked my take
C
O
U
N
TY
C
O
U
R
T:
Pac.
T
el
&
Finueane $13.15; C * M T ra n sfer 32; Packer-Scott Co. $3.02; Sher Glthens M otors $259.69; Feene-
they were high-strung fighter pilots I took off with this five hundred off time properly I'd get back from
Teig. Co.- $14.10; P a tric ia M. Syl- Co. $25.00; John S hultz $1.00; Khan *33.90; R. A. Babb Hdwe. aughey Mach. Co. $126 86; S B.
who had fought one of the greatest pounds of steel and T N T down un the mission as the storm clouds
W estern
A uto
vers $150.00;
A llen P W heeler C hris D . Cassity $1 00; Wm. Mad- Co. $31.90; Blue B ird Packing Co. Flnegan $61 45;
battles against superior odds that der my ship. I pulled the heavy lit were breaking, and I'd have a nice,
Sup.
Co.
$0.59;
Roy
Copping
*104.92;
$21.95;
F.
L.
A
rm
itag
e
$15.03;
W.
dnugh
$2.50;
Geo.
T.
B
rls
-Ie
r
has ever been reported.
In this tle plane off the last few yards of welcome hule to dive through. On
S H E R IF F T. D. : A P. M cK in- $12000; May A Mead Co. $3.60;
case, they were being threatened the runway and tried to climb. The other days when I wasn't so lucky, J. H olland $19.95; Boehnke P rin t- $-1200; W a lte r Edm iston $63.25;
zey
*210.00; E. C. S tu a rt *170.00; N ordlin g ¡’a rts Co $31.84; in te r
ing
Co.
$15.75;
C
lin
to
n
H
urd
S19
-
J.
F
M
cFarland
$43.50;
W
a
lte
r
straining
ship
mushed
along
just
without complete knowledge of all
I'd just have to roll over and dive
M
argaret
M arkham $150.00; Eve state Trae. A Equip Co $162.77;
70;
P.
L.
S
ill
$180.00;
Lennie
H
ai-
T
a
y
lo
r
$3.60;
Geo.
H
aw
ley
$.90;
the facts involved. I know that from over the tea bushes, and I told Ser for the valley of the Brahmaputra—
G ilm ore (HI Co. *50 88; Guard
'that day on they taught the Chinese geant Bonner when I got back that and that's where I always came out. dersen $165.00; Bert W eyer $60.- Pac. Tel. A Teig. Co. $6 10; J lyn K n igh t *140.00; Gladys M c
Pub Co. $1000; O. K. T ire Shop
Bain
*130.00;
B
e
lly
K
ing
$12000;
00;
L
illie
W
eyer
$19.50;
Chase
Co.
N.
D
illo
n
$4.25;
F
ra
n
k
lin
P
rln
t-
even
ten
miles
from
the
field
1
was
coolie boy on the refueling truck
or I wouldn't be here to tell about it.
$12.85; R. A. Babb Hdwe. Co. ing Co. $4.11; Koke-Chapman Co. C lara Evans *120.00; Stacy M. $38.40; West Side A uto W recker«
jokes about that reverse sales- going along through the tea plant
Some of the flights into Burma
McClure $40.85; Eugene Sand A G ravel Co.
Eugene
W a te r
Board $60.00; Lloyd Howe $150.00; Hel- Russell $110.00; N ellie
speech. One involved an expression ers' breakfast rooms, getting my were just a waste of gasoline; I $30 91;
$105.00;
Iva
Rayburn
$109.20; $437.10; Eugene W a te r Board
wheels
up.
5137
84:
B
ill's
Garbage
Service
en
Raymond
$116.10;
Gladys
Her-
that of course was never permitted
would see nothing. It follows that I
Parts Co.
to reach its destination. The boy
My greatest bombing day came have written of the more exciting $10.00; S igw art L ld c tric Co. 51 50; rlg $92.10; Jannell Lay $97 .1); S hirley Stearns *44 20; E W K in- 943..3-1; O rchard A uto
John
Moore M anning Leonard $60.00; Fred zey $96.20; R uth Newton $69.60; $79.60; Lane G ravel Co. $13860;
was trained by some of the AVG— late in the month of May. when ones. There's nothing so monoto L ig h tn in g ’s 51.16;
Bros.
M oto r
F rt.
V. H. Rowland LaVerne M athews $43.20; Jean McCracken
who were leaving China—to run up I dropped four 500-pound bombs at nous as to fly for four hundred miles $7.40; J. W. M urphey $7.40; J. L. L u d fo rd $50.00;
$69.60;
M arcia
Powell $0.88c; H ow ard»- Cooper Corp.
Campbell $55 63; Hulda B u rr $10.80; Na- Braw n
to every transport that landed, and, Homalin. down on the Chindwin, with plenty of ammunition, or some Jepson 56 40; W a lte r
Goodrich
S ilvertow n
D oris
('assit y $7.20; $95.18;
as the passengers got out, to repeat where the Jap« seemed to be con times tor two hundred to three hun $7.40; Dennie Hayes 56 90;
dine Scofield $14.80; Regina Koons $103.20;
COUNTY F A R M : Gordon Hoare $32 40; G ertrude S m ith 52.50; F. Koke-Chapman Co. $219.75; F. L. Stores $40.52; C ontractors Equip.
for their benefit an unprintable centrating. Early in the morning I dred miles with a heavy bomb at
Corp. $274.52; C ottage Grove A uto
American expression aimed at the headed South with the heavy yel | tached. and find no place to drop it. 5140.00; M argaret H oarc $100.00; L. A rm itag e $25.00; The W illum - A rm itage *70.00:
SC H O O L S U P E R IN T E N D E N T : Sup. $2.15; Coast to Coast Stores
speech-maker. The gas-truck coo low bomb, slowly climbing over the I ’d have to come back then, and I H enry B. H iito n $100.00; Georgia ette Press $15.00; Grace Fogel-
lie would religiously meet every C-47 Naga Hills and through the over gingerly letting down through the B la ckbu rn $100.00;
Claude Iv y strom $5.00; Guard Pub. Co. $11.- Pac. Tel. A Telg. Co. $16.75; I,au- $5.79; ('resseys' $1.15; M ahlon E.
and with bland countenance would cast, topping out at 15.000 feet. As dark monsoon clouds, land the 500 512.50; N ettie F o lle tt 55.00; Pac. 20; V alley P rin t. A S tat. Co. 580- rence C. M o ffitt $200.00; M a rga r Sweet $168.77; S h e lto n -T u rn b u ll-
Co. $22.75; S p ringfield
repeat the sentence. Most of the I continued South on the course to pounds of TNT as if I had a crate Tel. A Telg. Co. $3.50; M t. States 71; D. B H aw ley $8 00; C S. et C. Blanton $150.00; M ildred F u lle r
AVG used to make sure that he where the Uyu met the Chindwin of eggs aboard. After all, we didn't Power Co. $16.70: Evva Gandy Carlson $39.60; John Moore $7.40; Hammond $5.40; Regina C. Koon Sunil A Gravel Co $253.00; Eur
never reached the transport unload River, the clouds lowered but the have bombs to waste
$10.00;
Eugene F ru it Growers J. W M urphey $44.40; F. A. Rie- $75.60; Elsie Dunn $5.40; Valley gene M oto r C lin ic $5 85; Ed Lob
ing the right man, but several times overcast remained solid.
In one
Jepson 512.80; P rin t. A S tat. Co. $10.80; The ence Co. $25.83; (fregon Sup. C«
Early in June 1 did have one ex Ass'n. 51.50; Blue B ird Packing he 56.40; J. L.
it took the best of American flying hour, computing that I had made
Co.
$10.70;
Carey's
Eugene
Stove
W
a
lte
r
Campbell
$14.80;
E m m ett N a t'l. Education Assn. $15.00; $2 85; Silva Chev. Co. $.3 34; K e|-
citing trip. From reports of the fer
tackles to stop him in time.
the 180 miles to Homalin. I let down
Auto
The J. K. G ill Co. $2.70; F. ,L. (tall Co. $97.78; Petersen
Store
$6.00;
K
e
ith's
E
le
c
tric
Mo-
Tedford
57.40;
ry pilots 1 heard that the Japs were
Handled in another way, I be through the overcast, hoping that building a bridge over the river to r Service $5 20; Eugene Brake I F R U IT IN SP EC TO R ; Ray Bow- A rm itage $100.00; L. C. M o ffitt Parts Co. $9 20; Mt. States P o t-
er Co. $24.20; Fred Sm iglty
lieve that every one of the AVG the mountains were behind me. Luck N'umzup. some forty miles North of & M otor Serv. $7.20; Standard er $108 80; James Ilcm en w a y $25.- $70.77; Cre.ssi-y's $7.79:
who was physically able would have ; was with me, as it usually was in Myitkyina. The verjr afternoon the Feed Co. $8.84; B e rt S m ith 55.00 ; 0(1:
S L A U G H T E R E D A N I M A LS : $14.15; W a lte r J. Brynd $58 85:
stayed. As it was. only five pilots' my single-ship war, and I found report reached me, I went over and • The G roceteria $177«:
H E A L T H D E P A R T M E N T : Pac. Sara Jane H artm an $95.00; Wm. W. A. Crispin $3 40; W yak's
remained, and some thirty ground- the overcast barely a hundred feet strafed the engineers at work on the ^ u g Co $ i 44; R. A. Babb Hdwe. T r| . Te|({ Co
M <h.
;R). c R S. McFadden $7.50; J. Wm. M i $324.20; A. F. Richards
crew men. We had wanted to di- i thick. I couldn’t see Homalin and bridge. And I nearly got shot down, Co. 52.51; General Roads $7.58; Lindgren
$439.75; W. J. Cloyes chael $14.00; J Wm. Michael $8.- Shop $2.00; Roberts M o to r ‘Co.
vide them into two groups—those my target area, but I kept right up for the efficient Japanese had moved Pioneer Grocery Co. $47.06; W il
(XI; John E. Fox $7.50; H arold $109.31; O. K. W elding A Firgo
who from a physical standpoint bad- against the cloud ceiling and circled in their anti-aircraft with the bridge liams Bakery $14.69; D . E. Neb- $288 20; M ary E. T u rn e r $234.40; W. Ruth $8.00;
Shop $3.13; M ontgom ery W a * A
L ucille H. Vale
$214.65;
Zula
Iv n
t eat in the United States, .warily. I knew that I was in luck: ' crew. When I landed at the base I ergall Meat Co. $3.08;
SU R VEYG R ; Pac. Tel. A Telg. Co. $18.50; G raber-G ettys Ijlw e.
Kickbusch
$210.30;
D
orothy
i
•
who could stay, out in I I could drop the bomb and then he'jied the ground crew count the
'Co, $81.50; G ardner
R anhtnr
OOUNTY
OW NED
L A N D S ; Schm akoit $120.00; Mrs. N. E. Co. $6.50; Shannon A Co. Inc.
'i oi ths longer Without climb right back into the overcast, thirty small-calibre holes in my
Serv. $26.00; Economy B a t f A
$23.99;
P.
M.
Morse
$15.75;
D
llv
e
i health. We were to' no matter hog many Jap fighters ship. My cap had one hole in it. Pac. Telg. A Telg. Co. $6.25; J. H a rre ll $32.50; Mrs. L illia n Jant- R. Cham berlain $150.00;
Vera Elec. Co. $12.55; Columbia m ulp.
H. Fow ler $55.00; A. H. H inkson 'zen $8.00; Mrs. M ary LaCassp
he tii si group to go hom e1 came to intercept.
though luckily it had not been on $192.00; Helen Sorenson $160.00; «12.00; Mrs. Grace M u rra y $12.00; Stenshoel $59.40; Cressey’s $2.80: Co. $125.70; F la ttd r's T e x rn i S ta
i. I 1« F"urth ‘ the day their con-j
Soon I saw my target—and sure my head but back in the small bag
Firestone
Stores
STATE
IN D U S T R IA L A C C I tion $0.85;
Godley $31.50; A. H. C u tte r Laboratories $1.14; N o rth -
i
ith Cameo terminated) and enough, there were loaded barges i gage compartment of the Kittyhawk. K a th ry n
$379.80; Atwood R a d ia to r Shop
D
E
N
T
;
S
tate
In
d
u
s
tria
l
Accident
H inkson $52.50; Koke-Chapman west Cities Gas Ce. $0.75; O ffice
io re m a in there on leave for no less coming out of the broad Chindwin
$13.50; Clyde Equip. Co. *11.97;
That was pretty bad, though, for it
New Commission $108.27:
f an a month, after which they were and heading for the docks of Homa was the only cap I had. and for Co. $21.00; Valley P rin t. A S tat. Mach. & Sup. Co. $2.00;
Cottage Grove Lbr. Co, (129.98;
T
R
E
A
S
U
R
E
R
:
Pac.
Tel.
A
Telg.
Co.
$4.75;
Service
Laundry
$4.62;
O
ffice
to come back to Chin«- it is my opin lin. I continued circling against the 1 months I bad to wear it with all the
Gene Burns $160.20; A rd fi Pow
ion that at leu^t ninety per cent of clouds at 11,000 feet.
CORONER: L-r. E. D. F u rre r Mach. A Sup. Co. $2.00; T iffa n y - Co. $7.25; Grace Sshiska $22.79; ell $22.20; Guy M c F o rrln *.40; A.
felt torn from the crown by the
Mabel P a lm e r $150.00; K a th ry n
the AVG would hve accepted this of
$40.00;
Chas.
P.
Poole
$41.10;
Davis
D
rug
Co.
$2.00;
N
orlhw
e
st
For I had a plan. Dive-bombing Jap ground-flre. I remember that
J. Balsiger $5.50; Jack {ichards
fer. But as it was, five of the great from a P-40 Is not the most accurate later one of the young bomber crew
D E F E N S E : Pac. Tel. A Tel. Co. Cities Gas Co. $0.76; New Service Godley *94.50;
$8.90; E m m ett Tedford $29.60;
est pilots in the world stayed with in the world: you can't dive very men asked Ma). Butch Morgan—it $10.75; O ffice Maeri. & Sup. Co. Laundry $2.17:
DOG: L. Dealy $8.00; E a rl Roland H arper *61.40; M,C. John
the group when their contracts ex- steeply or the bomb might hit the was when we stepped from our ships $8.75; O ffice Mach. A Sup. Co.
R
ingsdorf
$108.00;
Geo.
O
rsw
ell
H E A L T H O F F IC E R ; N ellie Bu-
son $195.80; Hez T ucker $177,60;
, plred. And those five were enough. propeller, and also in too steep a after bombing Hongkong—whether $15.00; W a llin g Bldg., Acct. $100.- kowski $14.75; W. O. Spencer SO $34.00; Bob. Christensen $40.00;
John Sanders $1656(1} A. B.
I went back to India and continued dive it's hard to recover in the or not I ’d had that cap on when 00;
SO; N avarre J. Dunn $2.50; Bes B. H. Brabham $6.00; Mrs. J. W. S m ith $117.30;
Fred Ixn g sto n
my tingle-ship raids on the Japs. high speeds that are built up. It the bullet went through.
D E P E N D E N T C H IL D R E N I N sie M ille r $0.75; Mrs. K atherine Veatch $6.00; Allen W heeler $7.50; $138.60;; Gene Burns *d.5O; Ray
After my flights with the AVG, seemed to me that the type ot bomb
Boehnke P rin t. Co. $62.75; F. L. Rand $96.20; Arden Potell $96.20;
I cussed about the cap and loaded S T IT U T IO N ; A lb e rtin a K e fr N u r H icks $3,50;
,
the burning of the train in Indo I ing
one had to do in order to keep the ship for another run on the sery $5.00; The Boy s A G irl's Aid
IN S A N E : George Bressler $2.- A rm itag e $5.00; St. Ind. Acc. Com. W ard G riffin $118.40; i i y M cFer-
china, and the news of my one- the speed under control and to miss bridge. As I came in from another $15.00; Louise Home $42.26; C hild
50; C ris K lin g $250; D r. G. I. $4.12; Augustus J. F lin t $153.50: rin $13.3.20; A. J. B a l/ge r $66.60;
man war In Burma, the story got to the prop, was more in the nature direction this time, and very low. 1 ren's Farm Home $93.22; C atholic
GENERAL ROAD
H u rle y $500; Dr. H. E. Lamb
Jack Richards
$ l.|5 0 ;
John
the war correspondents. I began of glide-bombing. Most beginners, saw bodies of the enemy from my Charities, Inc. $54.36; Pac. Tel.
G E N E R A L RO AD C A M : Joe Graham
$30.00; D r. H. E. Seoles $35.00;
$66.6Q;
RK
G
raham
to hear from home in the States how/iver, _cr*_alw.ix« *hor*_>y itly thei r first strafing, but the Japs were still
A Telg. Co. *36.34; Koke-CUap- Dr. M elville Jones *5.00; Dr. A. Gray $51.80; Bud Skoglie $37.00; $378.00; Fred Beidle/$64.00; Em
that I had been written up as “The bombs?” That'is to sayr th fp ro je c - working on the bridge. I strafed
$88.80; ,Dennie m ett Tedford $92.5(1 Roy C la rk
man Co. $6.00;
W m. S. F o rt R. Allum baugh $5.00; A A A T ow Logan Atwood
Q tiC.-M _in.Air_ Force."
..anjego- tile strikes before it gets to the tar the working-party in two passes
$4.90;
Freeman
D ay $210.00; ing $3.50; Dr. T. A. McKenzie Hayes $20.70; W endell W h ittin g $66.60; itoland I f i i w r $66.60;
tistical standpoint I felt the thrill get on the line of approach, rather from different directions, so low that Madeleine Stone $150.00;
Doris .$5.00; Dr. James S. Stew art $5.00; ton $17.80; J. L. Boydston $85.10; Leslie ,Dlal $213.60/Archie Pow
that a normal person would, but than over it. From my practice the anti-aircraft couldn't r.hcot at K irk p a tric k $62.50; W m . S. F o rt D r. A. H. Ross $5.00; Dr. G. S. ■C. H, W eathers $107.30; A. M c
ell $173.90; Pat O m a n $66.60;
m
t
effectively.
by this time I was beginning to real bombings on the Brahmaputra, 1
$26.85; Freeman D ay $8.35; O f Beardsley $5.00; D r A. B. Pea M illa n $64.75; Pac. Tel. A Telg. H enry Jones $2.00iJunetlon C liy
ize that one man and anc (hip in
Co. $2.3 90; Junction City Impie
fice Mach, A Sup. . Co. $200; cock $5.IX),
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