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dangerous place to be is ^[[near]] the earth. I found that out today.

I had borrowed a pair of goggles from Kay Wilson in our squadron and it worried me to think about the things, but I had shoved them over my forehead as they were all right. Wilson, I learned, asked the Captain whether I had been hurt and upon learning that nothing serious had happened to me he at once saluted again and expressed [[strikethrough]] ?? [[/strikethrough]] ^[[the desire]] to know about his goggles which I was thinking of at the time while the surgeon was taking a few stitches. It's peculiar how your mind works in cases like this.

I had to let off steam. When the Captain started to climb out I was about out myself and I think I started swearing - yes honest to goodness blankety blank stuff - before we were