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distance, David turned to find his best

friend near death. It was too late to

do anything but hold his hand as he

slipped away. Bitterness and hatred

for the enemy filled David’s heart at

the loss.

But there was no time to dwell on

it. He was called to the port side to

help rescue a downed Japanese pilot.

To his dismay, it was the very one

whose plane he had shot. As he

helped pull the pilot from the water,

David just wanted to see him die. But

his commanding officer had other

ideas.

“See if you can help him survive;

at least until we can interrogate him.”

The pilot’s arm was bleeding

profusely, so David tied on a

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