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The Their Y' v,. . ? is if' X' W i are -Q, x E, i i ,fi . F f ' Q, mia F , . . .MN ,?4' p .. he Bunker Hill IS proud of the men who flew up from her deck for it was her good fortune to have a pair of hard-Hying Groups aboard during her first busy year. Seventeen went with the ship in her baptism of fire at Rabaul, Hew hell-for- leather against the Jap in the Gilberts, at Kavieng, at Eniwetok, Truk and the Mari- anas, passing the burning torch of achieve- ment to Air Group Eight. Well-schooled, fired by indomitable determination and hard- iness to fulfill work-horse Hight schedules, Eight flew past the milestones of a hot year of Jap-smashing SH and Plane strikes and became one of the first Groups to Haunt their star-spangled wings over the Philippines. The Air Groups were an integral part of our life. We knew them beyond the glamor and glitter of their calling, sharing with them their own victories and disappointments and sweating out their every foray into enemy strongholds. They were the men we worked for, cheered for and yes, prayed for, as they went about the fierce drudgery of their tasks. To them go our thanks, deep, honest admiration, and a sincere pride in the records they compiled.