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BY LORETTE COOPER
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BATTLE STATION
' CHAPTER XVIII
"kVEIl her menl, Brit assigned
Beth to now duties. Ho took
from his pocket the American
forces' tacticnl plan.
"Our problem In tactics was
worked out long ago," he said.
"Yes, I know."
ThA Tvrnlilom now ts one of lo
gistics. You'ro right about every
mnn helping even the chaplain 11
be out there, encouraging the
men. We've got to get emplace
ments fixed In a hurry more em
placements than we had yesterday
by a whole lot This island has
only two defenses from an air
attack: antiaircraft artillery and
barrago balloons. We don't have
a fighter plane, or, for that mat
ter, an aliplane of any sort here.
They'll be here in time, but not
In time to save us unless wo figure
out a way to survive the blast
ing we're undoubtedly going to
get sometime soon."
"Can guns and balloons win
for us?" Beth asked.
"I don't know what Washing
ton has to say on that subject, but
I think they can. Look what
they did for London and a hun
dred other English citiesl If
they're good enough for a Britain
battered by hundreds of raiders
in a single night, we ought to be
able to figure out a way to make
them good enough for us against
a raid of perhaps 20 planes."
"What do you want me to do,
Brit?"
"Just this: I want you to stay
in headquarters, right on the end
of that field telephone. You know
what the tactical plan is. You
may have to wait hours, but when
the proper moment comes, I'll be
depending on you to give the or
der that will put everything we
have into the fight Do you think
you can do that?"
"It's a tremendous responsi
bility," Beth said.
"Everything will depend on
you."
"I'll do my best" she said.
"That will be enough."
CHE turned her head and looked
. past him at the concrete wall
which was designed to protect
headquarters against bombs. She
knew that it was thick but she
also knew that it was not thick
enough to withstand a direct hit
It was up to the Coast Artillery
to see that no direct hits came.
This nerve center of a future
American offensive In the Pacific
must come through. It must
continue its work toward the day
when victory could be advanced
with one mighty thrust at Japan's
heart
"Where will you be?" she
asked. It was not a doubting
question, or a critical one. It was
simply that she wanted to know
for, whether he knew it or not, her
heart would be with him.
He did not answer for a mo
ment. Then he made the longest
speech she had ever heard him
make.
' "Out here" in 'the war zone
everybody does what he can.
I'm- responsible for everything
that goes on here. I can delegate
authority but I can never delegate
responsibility.
"I'm going out" and " make my
way from emplacement to em
placement from foxhole to fox
hole, from gun to gun, from bal
loon bed to balloon bed.
. "If some place a man is needed
right then to help lift a gun into
place, I'm going to be that man.
If somewhere else a man is
needed to swing a pick or hoist a
shovel for five minutes, I'm going
to swing that pick or hoist that
shovel. I'm going out there and
do everything I can to make sure
we are prepared the best we can
be."
He left her. She did not mind
his going, even though she wanted
to talk to him. She knew how he
felt She had that feeling now,
too. They were all one army,
and whether they wrestled with
training problems at Fort Des
Moines or supply problems in Al
giers or problems of bombs and
bullets in some remote battle
ground like this, they were all
fighting for the same cause and
the same flag.
T5ETH finished her coffee. She
smiled to herself. Then she
said one sentence aloud, musing.
"I won't let you down, Uncle,"
she promised.
She balanced herself on the
crutches that had been given to
her. The pain was still in her an
kle but it was nullified by an
excitement nnd im exaltation in
her soul. She went clumsily to
ward the major's oftico but no
one noticed her clumsiness.
She sat down in Major Brit
Jackson's chair, at his desk. She
laid the tactical plan he had given
her atop the desk. She pulled
the field telephone close and then
placed a test call over it. She
was reassured by the knowledge
that she was connected directly
with the island :.-.vitchboard, and
that the phones t om every major
area on the islan,. wer : plugged
in so that she could talk to all of
them simultaneously.
She sat at first tensely, then
little by little relaxing. The
hours passed. She dirt not want
them to hasten by. She wanted
every one to be long enough so
that a mountain of work could
be done. For it must be done.
Finally the message she was
waiting for cam?.
(To Bo Continued)
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