I've been searching for the full text of this but can't find a source.
This was written by an Aussie Digger in WWII as "Letter to his Mum", having a "go" about the U.S. - Jokingly !
It musta been penned after the incident you refer to.
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This was posted by Dennis some whiles back :
USAF Col. Owen Baggett (ret.), currently living in San Antonio, TX, was a 2d Lt on a B-24 on March 31, 1943. The bomber was shot down and the crew bailed out. Japanese pilots commenced to strafe the crewmen as they descended by parachute.
Baggett pretended to be dead. A Japanese pilot (aircraft canopy open) put his Zero in a near stall within feet of Baggett's chute. Baggett fired four shots from a .45 automatic at the open cockpit. The Zero stalled and spun in. The Japanese pilot's body (thrown clear of the wreck) was found to have a single bullet in his head.
Read the entire story in the "Valor" column for July, 1996 in Air Force Magazine.
Available at
http://www.afa.org/magazine/valor/0796valor.html
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They say a rolling stone gathers no moss,
But pinned to my chest is the Distinguished Service Cross.
An Oak Leaf Cluster that's seven I've got,
Bought down a zero with one pistol shot.
With six shots left in my .45,
I finished the crew as she finished her dive.
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The end of the poem is :
You'd be proud of me Mum, I a wonderful man.
Anyone know the REST ?
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[This message has been edited by HS (edited November 14, 1999).]