[Junior]

Witness: "I flew with Striker during the war. I'll never forget the night we bombed Macho Grande. Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn't handle it."
Lawyer: "Buddy couldn't handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew?"
Witness: "Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn't handle it. And he went to pieces."
Lawyer: "Andy went to pieces?"
Witness: "NO! Andy was the navigator, he was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued."
Lawyer: "Howie came unglued?"
Witness: "Oh no, Howie was a rock. The best tail gunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued."
Lawyer: "And he bailed out?"
Witness: "No, Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How we survived was a miracle."
Lawyer: "Then Howie survived?"
Witness: "No 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day."
Lawyer: "Over Macho Grande?"
Witness: "No I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande!"

[TADSLOS]

Rumack: I'm going to tell you something I've kept to myself all of these years. I was in the war, Medical Corps. One night they brought in a badly wounded pilot from one of the raids. He looked at me and said, "Doc, the odds were against us up there, but we went in anyway. I'm glad. Captain made the right decision." The pilot's name was George Zip.

Ted Striker: George Zip said that?

Rumack: Yes, he looked at me and said, "Doc," he said, "Some time, when the crew is up against it, and the breaks are beating the boys, tell 'em to get out there and give it all they've got. And win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then Doc, he said. But I won't smell too good, that's for sure."