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THE PHiliPPINES
Their day of liberation IS not far off
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dusty rlnl\\'ay and almost brushed the jungle.: grO\dh at the frequent.
end of the strip as its no:«: turned tow.nrl Auvtr.rlia. The Topography c.i uxcx great local v.ui.ition in cloud inc-c..
l\Iitehell's insides fairly bulged with its overloud of be- Areas exposed to the uorthc.r-t h.rvc hea\'iest cloud formadraggled
officers and men. Scores of others were left behind tion in winter. Those exposed to thc SOlltll\\'est have heaviest
on lnut little ~Imclanao airfield to a wu it their fate at thc cloud form.rt ion in sunnucr. (her the entire .uc.r. the clearhands
of the victorious [ap. The last cv.icua t ion plane had est months arc April and ",-Liy.
left the Philippines. Turbulence is severe in cnmulo-ninlbm clouds and is
That \\'as 3(J long months ago. extreme in well-developed tvplioons. llvcr» muv best avoid
0.0\\, we arc on the \\'ay back. The Jap Jong since has turbulence in CBs by ;Ipproaehing them either at ;IU altitude
reversed his held, .md his position ou those i-Lmds that in excess of 20.0(JO feet or by thiug through the r.t in -qu.rll«
stand like rocks astride his supply line to the south is be- below the b;lse,
COIning more .mcl more shaky, 1