Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA 1948 Pllnl tn Cn Pllnl UNDERCLASS PRIZE STORY As I was walkang from the hangar to my barracks my feet sank deeper and deeper anto the soggy mud All of a sudden I heard Lt Garland I turned around and there was Casey my buddy For the last two years we had been together at thas base an Chana He screamed I m now flyxng my own plane We both had been waatang for about 1 month for the news Before Casey had been palot I co palot on the B 17 Bessae Lou but now Bessae was all mme Casey was has own palot on a Bell Aaracobra fighter That naght Casey was goang to t ake has Cobra and fly across the unchartered mountaans to the mam base It was two hundred males away but closer to the next objectaae These mountaans were treacherous especa ally the famous moun tam Unseen whach could not be lo ated It had caused great destructaon to those who haae flown across parts of these mountaans A dense fog reaches from the lowest aalley to the haghest peak except for thas mysteraous mountaan Un seen Only a few haae seen 1ts peak but those who haae say at as crystal clear wath the fog encarclang at about one hundred feet below the peak As Casey and I walked to the barracks I realazed that I maght never see ham agaan Many haxe been kalled crossang these mountaans but Casey must take thas chance for there was no t1me to sp are nor fuel That naght at was clear and I walked wath Casey to has plane I saad good bye washed hum luck and watched ham take off As I vaalked back to the barracks I felt sad and lonely That naght my maln thought seemed to be of Casey and I could uaaagane ham palang into the side of that mountaan The next mornmg I was asked to come to the Captaan s office Upon arravang there the Captun told me to get packed for I was goang to fly Old Bess to the other base that naght The Cap sud nothang about Casey I told my men and went to look ox er Bess I looked up to see the wand socket and jam McGavern the tower attendant motaoned to me As I ran up the small narrow steps to the tower I hoped .Iam would say somethang about Casey I reached the top and opened the door jam beckoned me an Thas as sad news I m afraad but Casey as massang and should have been at the base early thas mornang He nex er arraxed They thank he crashed anto the mountaans for he dad radao that the weather was bad and he could see nothang Farst I was hopeful for I thought he maght be rescued but then I realazed the mountuns were steep and he would have plunged at least one thousand feet to l I - 2 I 2 2 , 2 . 2. 2. , . 2 . 2 . 1 , 1 I, . 1 , 2 2 2 2. 2 2 , . 2 2 2 2 . , . . 2, , .2 2. . 2. . 9 ' s ' 1 ' 22 2. . 2 2 2 . 2 2 ' 2 2 2 ' ., ' . . ' . 2 . 2 . 2 2 2 2 , -5 -Vs I w ' I' r . . , 2 2 , - , v3 I e 2 2 . 2 2. . ... . . 1 I 1 , I 1 , T C C . 2 2. 2 2 2 2 2, 2 2 ' . 2 2' e . 2 , 2 2 , e 2 , . I Ke K K I . ' , 1 T 1 1 1 . e I1 1 2 2 . 2 2 2 , , I . 5 2 .. . . s Y . . 2 2 2 222. 2 . 1 1 1 , , , , ' , , .' ' . 2 2 . 2 22 2 . Y .. 2. . , , . 2 , 5 1 ' f - 2 2 , . 3 1 . I . 2 2 . 2 2 , 2 2 , 2 Y . . .Y . . l T . 7 . 2 ., 2 2 . 2 a 2

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28 SEMINARIA 1948 the wheels as I s1gnaled all was clear We started to move I pulled the wheel back and our wheels began to hft from the ground Slowly we clxmbed up xnto the atmosphere The mght was clear and all was well BESSIC Lou just couldn t fall now After about an hour of flymg we reached the mountalns I had never been there before but even our hghts d1d not penetrate the fog I flew as hlgh as I thought posslble for we dxd not have enough oxygen to go too hrgh The only mountam that was hlgher was Unseen It was l1ke hell wonder1ng whether we would have the m1sfortune to be IH the path of that hornble and destruct1ve mountam The feelmg 1ns1de me made me feel lxke a shrxveled up peanut Almost as my thoughts stopped turning over Arnold the nose gunner came on Garly have you heard any news? and as the s was pronounced on news a screechmg voice c1me to me Up Up I pulled the stxck b1ck and r1d1oed to my men to put on oxygen masks The blg shlp straxned for 1lt1tude I pr 1yed hopmg we had gone up ID t1me God bless the one who had warned me After what seemed l1ke hours the fog p1rted 1nd I could see the top of the mountam Unseen F1n1lly we reached 1tS pe 1k 1nd over the e1rphones I could hear the slghs of rellef It WIS heautlful The d1wn h 1d spre 1d over the dull blue sky and 111 was crystal clear llke 1 wmter lf-tt,I'llOOI1 We had gone at le1st one hundred and nmety m1les 1nd It w IS only 1 few more m1nutes to the base Agam the fog closed ln as we begm to drop As I neared the held I radloed ID The field was clear and not too he1v1ly covered wlth fog I cxrcled md brought BCSS16 to a smooth landzng 1nd t1x1ed to 1 stop I told Ill the men to go to the barracks on the left sxde second from the l1st but before I h1d s11d thls they were 1ll thanklng me for s1v1ng thelr l1v1s I w1sn t the ont who s1v1d you It WIS tht one who crltd Up Up All looked dumbfounded llld they s11d th1t none of thtm h1d sud lllytlllllg They w1lked to the b1rr1cks r1ther puzzled md I went over to the office I went m and the desk told me to see C1pt1m W1ll11HXS I told h1m the story 1nd he too w1s dumbfounded As I left hls ofhce I heard h1m Sly mlybc to h1mself maybe to me Who sald those lmmortal words Up Up 7 As I closed the door the word seemed to form on my l1ps Casey CHARLOTTE DANFORTH 50 - 11 . 11 . 1 . 1 1 1 . ,. . ' . 1 . 1 1 . , . 11 -1 . , - a . 1 . a a 1 1 - 11 -1 11 1-1 s - ' s - - 11 --1 1 , . 1 ' 1 ' . 1 . 1 , . 1 . 1 1 . 11 11 . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 ' . ' 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1. - sa 1 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 . 1 1 , 1 1 1 I . 3 1 , . . , 1 1. 11 1 . 1 1 11 1 1 1 f 1 - - 1 s Q 1 1 1 . 1 1 , . . , ' . , ., . . ' . ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . , . , 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 2 2 . 1 1 . , 1 1 ' 1 , 1 .1 . . 1 1 11 1 1 , . - 11 11 , ' 1 . 1 T' a