The Offer

As I reach into my right coat pocket, I declare, “We would like you to be honored along with the others on General MacArthur’s staff, with this small token of thanks from the people of the Philippines.” Slowly, I pull a check in the amount of $50,000 out of my coat, letting it flutter to a standstill in front of General Eisenhower. 

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Big-Dog Fight

The plane breaks apart, falling out of the sky in fragments of burning metal. Its altitude was so low that I did not see any parachutes before the debris hit the water. 

I slowly peel my eyes away from the wreckage in order to adjust the bombsight. We are at 2,000 meters, travelling at 220 knots, with winds at 14km/h from East by Southeast. My eyes shut for just a moment. 

Danielle… 

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