While joining the Air Corps was difficult, Louie got used to it. He had a lot of training, and started to get pretty good at dropping bombs. Louie became a second lieutenant. When Louie reached Ephrata, Washington, he was met by a man named Russell Allen Phillips or "Phil." This was Louie's pilot. Phil called Louie, "Zamp." Soon Louie and Phil met the rest of their crew.
Their crew was assigned to their own plane. It was a "brick" shaped B-24 that they called "Superman." When the crew first saw it, they called it a "flying coffin." Although they did many practice runs, they were all scared of dying on a mission. There were many malfunctions in these planes. They had a good crew, though, and Phil was a great pilot. They headed for Hawaii.
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