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filTTiNG IN THE to keep fear from becoming un-

9 f hi! Grumman
cockpit
Wildcat
nd Watt

hint.
at 5.000 feet for the

He hated Ross, a strict dis-

reasonahle.
His altimeter read 12,000
feet.Already Jack wa. feeling
U. S. Airplane Caffitf Cm. the effect, of high altitude. He

Ross had nagged at him and regulated the flow of life-giving

given him dirty assignments.
Since he had earned hi. jack di.il lusiuned himself. Res. Still Ross continued to lead
wa, a good judge of men, and on a climb. Now Jack wa. feel-
he knew that Jack -a. KBOO ing cold sweat dampen hi)
He was afraid that ha brow. He wiped it with his
With Inc.
gloved hand and shivered in
would become a toward in hi.
bat fie 1"- He would be * di.-
T LAST
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it

hi.
w Jack', turn
Wildcat into coverall.. Then he glanced at

takeoff position. Then he .aw the altimeter. It read 28,000

Alden had fought in [he U. S.
the deck officer on the forward feet.
Navy line* [he Civil War. They end of the .tll.ld wave his Suddenly Fighting Five
had records of heioi.ni under broke out of darkness into a
fire. make a couple of circle.. Jack
Now the Cumberland wa. unseen sun painted with bold
engine. Then the deck officer's strokes of red and gold. But to

her palisades were down. ]<

vii Hill night, and the Milky downward. Simultaneously
Way CM a band of glittering Jack .el eased his brake..
jewelry at roil the dark sky. He felt hintielf hurtled for-
The Cumberland Air Group soon found why Ross had
would reach the Loui.iade Ar. The figures on the walkway Dawn had al-
climbed so high.
were blurred. Then the Cm-
would attack the Japi who had berhud rode over a swell, and
built an emergency airport Jack fell he- flight deck to., his
there. Fighting Squadron Five'. W'Jdca. into the air.
Jack was off in a stall. Hi.
Japaneie High Patrol. heart leaped to his mouth and
It w a. to be Jack Aid i fir. 1 poundad rapidly. He .wallowed of Mitsubishi Type 00Don.
fight, and he was afraid. hastily and Jockeyed hi. plane ble Zero fighters.

Jack heard the roar of en- out of htr stall. Then he Instantly Jack felt a shiver

gine, gunned wide. They were climbed to 5,000 feet.

the Devastator torpedo bomb- A. fir.t hr could not find the
squadron". Wildcats, but after
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of their great size, the Devasta- blared fnrth, 'Fighlron
tor, were spotted ahead of Ion formation. He slid into hi.

Fighting Five'. Wildcats.

He knew that soon Lieut en. A. Ross led hi. Wildcats on
ant Commander Ron, hi. . long climb, Jack watched his skipper'! Wildcat peel off. One
.quadron leader, would Hike off altimeter rat It was an effort by one, the Wildcat, followed

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Zero.. He did not know what He followed ihe Zero, rak.
had happened^ things went In log ii (ore and aft with bursts

(sal. All he knew via thai the

Uril of smoke eoaed from the
dummy. He .
Zero . engine cowL fa increased
mander he was the
Roaa, thai
her back and
nearest in Rom. and lhal belched > thick volume of

though there were other Wild- heavy black smoke. Suddenly a

cam, that were disentangling
through Ihe smoke. The Zero

The neat few moments were

haay 10 Jack. The reaction
his ikippty. He did not know from his successful figi.i against
why he wai thinking of laving fear hud left him weak. It was
Rnu. whom he haled. Perhaps the radio that brought him to
itwa. naval discipline and pre- his senses. It barked;
cept!. Ron >u OH more impor. "Fighlron from Comfighi-
iam than jack, and he must be [on Rendezvous at 20,0110
saved even [hough Jack would
die if he lammed Into the Zero
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ATTACK had been
All the time. Jack's for wai successful. Fighting Five
had wiped out the Japanese
clothe* were drenched with High Patrol without a single

cold IHM that hi. electrically casualty. The Helldi.ee dive

bombers had levelled Japancae
warmed coveralls healed. It

Zero 1
, cockpit. They crashed
into the ple-iglaj. canopy and
WW did not b. long to a hard hitting Now Jack was back on tl
shattered it. He the Jap
Navy fighting squadron. He U. S. Airplane Carrier C.
tuddenly look up >I him will.
had no place among naval (.. ri'.i.jJ. He Yiii, changed. 1

But Lieutenant Commander

Zero, to his credit. He had hi
from the corners of hi* moulh.
his baptism of fire, and hi
jack shoved his puck luck, Ross wai in extreme danger,
beaten his yellow streak.
and only Jack could save him.
Jack gritted his teeth. He Then Lieutenant Morle
had seen death and it fright-
slid his stick and kicked his
rudder pedals. Before he knew sough, ou, Jack and said:
"Ensign, you should
Commander Re
JM OW JACK w, was racing toward Ihe Zeros. Lieutenant

le dispensed with the tele- puiiled.

.ie gunsights becaus* aZero "For risking his life to m
already in the bull of his you a real naval aviator," M
..-.i sights. He thumbed the ley said quietly. "He deli!
ately flew into a Japanese t
bit Ml in c-l.rme solenoid.
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