By Jonna Doolittle Hoppes
Listed below are the stories of some humans speaking on to us, one on one. Its like we have been made aware of a special a part of their lives. you are going to ask yourself how the writer "found" those humans, simply usual members, and recorded their designated reviews only for you and me.
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I could hear Chase talking to Jake. “Ole Hite won’t be here tomorrow,” Chase said. ” I tried to reassure Chase, but I couldn’t make myself heard. So I prayed, asked the Lord to either heal me or give me peace. I was unafraid and welcomed the release. I closed my eyes. Then I thought about my mother and my sister and my brother. I didn’t want them to suffer. ” That night my fever broke. I ate rice boiled to a starchy consistency. Within a week I could stand. They moved me back to my original cell.
The hours ticked by slowly and the day broke cold but dry. Stiff from the long night, I found my way back to the road. A farmhouse stood alone in the middle of rice paddies. Three young children played in the yard. Counting on the fact that the Japanese troops occupying China would not bring their children and on the hatred that the Chinese must feel toward their oppressors, I approached the youngsters. ” I called out. ” Reaching into my knee pocket, I pulled out three coins and passed one to each child.
There was a very good chance that none of the planes would make the coast of China but no one was saying it out loud. I watched the first plane, piloted by Doolittle, lift off the carrier deck with room to spare. Just barely four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a joint Army-Navy strike force would drop bombs on major military targets in Japan, forever dispelling the Japanese myth of divine protection. One hundred and fifty dollars richer than when I boarded the Hornet just over two weeks earlier, I hoped to live long enough to enjoy the rewards of a few well-played hands of poker.