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True Happenings
by W. T.W.
85 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-2228; ISBN 1-4120-1850-1; US$12.75, C$16.00, EUR10.40, £8.00
Stories about World War II paratroopers, the pilot that flew Presidents, Teamsters, Business, a flight lesson, sea plane flying at it's best.
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About the Book
True Happenings along with True Happenings Too are fourteen true, short stories of interesting situations that the Writer (Author) became involved in, some were scary, some humorous, some a little of each...
Paratrooper in World War II. Aviator with over 25,000 flight hours. District Manager of large retail fuel company. Owned and ran seven Florida citrus groves.
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from ItalyI peeked around the end of this fence just as "C" companies captain stood up in front of this kill of Germans and signaled real delliberate to fix bay nets three times. On the third time about 100 baynets came up. "G" company was going in.
Comm. Platoon got up to follow. No one fired at us as the Germans switched their fire on "G" company. They were too late as "G" company was in on top of them, "G" company took more German prisoners than "C" company had personnel in the company.
from Stu
A good percentage of our trips went to Detroit Metro Airport for airline connections. Our 310 H was very prone to blowing the ccowling off if not face into the wind on start up, Stu faced this plane into the wind but the wind eddied coming over the top of a walkway ramp locking the exhaust gas in the engine an on start up blew the cowling off the right engine. Now two line boys were fueling an airliner when this happened, both thought the other one blew up. Stu said "There was a lot of sampling going on for a little while."
from Teamsters and I
We had a wooden office on Lenord Ave., and the teamsters had a bran new brick hall down town. Pat called me aside after the meeting and said "Bill if you don't get this settled your going to find splinters all over Lenord Ave." I looked Pat right in the eye and said "Pat I just came from a parachute until I know some of the best demolition men in all the World, I you start that you're going to find bricks all over Grand Rapids." I never reported this conversation to my company I just said no headway was made at our first meeting.
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