Sample Document
 |
| |
The Japanese were supposed to fly into Okinawa on a green plane with white crosses. They came in first and I saw it taxi in and I saw them file out of the plane. They were dressed in tuxedos…mourning coats with top hats. They all walked onto a platform, then sat down.
MacArthur was supposed to come in about ten minutes later. Well, we waited more than an hour and saw nothing. Then, out of nowhere, we hear this drone in the sky. Out on the horizon we see these planes. MacArthur was supposed to be on a C-54, which is a good-sized airplane, and when we saw it, it couldn’t have been more than 200 feet off the water. On each of its wings, there was a V-formation of P38 fighter jets. The fighters just roared over head and then fanned out while MacArthur’s plane just continued straight. Then the C-54 banked up and around for another pass and the P38s, now flying even closer to the ground, came across in formation again. ‘Jesus,’ I said to my buddy. "Will you look at that?"
When MacArthur’s plane finally landed, the door opened and all the camera’s were going click, click, click. It seemed like an eternity before he appeared at the door with his sunglasses on and his corn-cob pipe sticking out of his mouth. Then he starts posing for the cameras, turning one way, then another. He really cared about his image. |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
