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Coconut Bombing<br />

By Lt. Col. Howard S. Ellmore<br />

co of a Light B(JlulxJrI'd t orn , I nnght ;illd t lr.it a J;IP mosquito net is a huge<br />

squ.rrc. clp;,hle of shcltering cight to ten InCIl. \\'e hc.iclcd<br />

hick f"r call1p, hut on <strong>the</strong> I\ay someone remarked that <strong>the</strong>re<br />

\lould he no ,keping under such a dirty thing, and without<br />

fur<strong>the</strong>r ado, we thre'\\' <strong>the</strong> nct ;1\1;1\".<br />

""e fotlnd tll(' ~-;II;Jl l.O, nne!' six men getting re;](h, to<br />

turn ill for thc night, and thcv suggested that we set up<br />

sou«: };Ip stretehcr\ that were lI"ing around to me ;IS beds.<br />

Setting up ;1 J;IP xtrctch cr is a feat in itself, .md T inLlgine<br />

that t lic nJ(),t wounded Japs 'kick <strong>the</strong> bucket' before thcy<br />

u t.t ...r 11 '-II-P I:Y<br />

(. "1'1. H,\\ .'IU)'IJ t III.Lh.\I(JIlE<br />

AIR FORCE<br />

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