Above the Thunder by Raymond C. Kerns

Author:Raymond C. Kerns
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780873389808
Publisher: Kent State University Press

There came a day when the situation at the beach strip became unmanageable. For several days we had been fighting a losing battle against the surf, and on this day we were overwhelmed. The dike vanished in rolling waves and shifting sand, and it was getting worse by the minute. Vin was in the air, we had significant combat action going on, and I would soon have to relieve him. I had FDC tell Vin to plan on returning to Wakde at the end of his mission, and I got the men busy loading our truck, ready to be taken to Wakde on the ferry as soon as possible. With Sergeant Allen and his toolbox in my L-4, I began my takeoff run down what used to be our private airstrip.

I started my run just as a wave broke, hoping I could get airborne before the next wave came in. I almost did but not quite. I went roaring down the beach, the wave came roaring onto the beach, and when we met, the L-4 disappeared in a cloud of spray. Out of that it came waddling like a duck, barely rolling but its engine still roaring. Maybe I could beat the next wave. Well, I almost did, but not quite. Again the heavy spray drenched us and brought us nearly to a standstill, but we came out with the throttle wide open as we went on down the beach, already far past the end of what we had considered our strip.

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