PLEASE READ THE POEM (makes me cry!) AND ONE OTHER SMALL ITEM: AN ESCORT OF P-38's

"Oh, Hedy Lamarr is a beauiful gal

And Madeline Carroll is, too;

But you'll find, if you query,

A different theory

Amongst any bomber crew.

For the loveliest thing

Of which one could sing

(This side of the Heavenly Gates)

Is no blonde or brunette of the

Hollywood set,

BUT AN ESCORT OF P-38's . . .

 

Sure, we're braver than hell; on the

Ground all is swell ---

In the air it's a different story.

We sweat out our track through the

Fighters and flak;

We're willing to split up the glory.

Well, they wouldn't reject us, so

Heaven protect us

And, until all this shooting abates,

Give us the courage to fight 'em --- and

One other small item ---

AN ESCORT OF P-38's.

 

poem written By a B-17 Gunner,

published in Stars and Stripes 1943

 

photo from a book of a P-38.

 

This poem always makes me cry.

If I were an actress making a sad movie

i would flash on it if i wanted to cry....

 

AND THAT WAS THE "1940's-style" of the life of their days.

Done