Chapter 10: The Stinking Six

The Superman would probably never fly again. Most of the men from the flight were in the hospital, but everyone else was trying to sleep in their tents. Then came the Japanese. They bombed the island of Funafuti, and sent the startled crewmen into a panic. Louie took cover under a house with Phil and about two dozen others. When the bombing finally stopped, there were hundreds of crewman dead and injured. Pillsburry, a gunner on Louie's plane, was still in the infirmary, his leg dangling off the bed. Louie was deeply troubled about all of the things that had happened to him so fast. He inspected the Superman, which would never be able to fly again. Louie and the remaining members of his crew were transported back to Hawaii. They were assigned a new plane called Green Hornet. They also were given their own private cottage to live in.