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My face was all dirty, my skin looked like it was black rather than brown. My black eyebrows were not black anymore, more grayish. I had a huge lump of dried paint and dirt on the left side of my right cheek to dry. After breakfast the commandant collected and queued his soldiers up on a symmetrical looking line. I’m reckoning that none of you brave hearted soldiers know what really awaits nor what the purpose of the attack is, neither do we. All of the soldiers in the lineup were all dead quiet at this point. Don't worry I will explain in a way that even an idiot could understand! We have a huge battle lying ahead of us, in fact the biggest battle in Japanese history, the commander said. In 3 hours from now we will fly over to Hawaii to destroy them. You guys will be flying with the Spitfire 22’s, some of us will survive and some of us won't. I could feel the shivers going down my spine, I was scared, I was afraid to die. Everyone were cheering and screaming of happiness, I wasn't. In fact I was the only one of the 32 men. I quickly ran forward to the commander to question his newly made decision but got interrupted by my Wingman Morris Pace. e Twinning 2016 59