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first descent into a New York subway [[strikethrough]] and[[/strikethrough]] ^[[when]] the [[strikethrough]] [[roarwing?]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[roaring]] train comes tearing at him as he stands beside the pit, add to his surprise and terror of the unfamiliar noise the fear of flying pieces of shrapnel and the countryman will be the picture of the novice aviator getting his baptism.

I ^[[remembered that I]] asked Putnam what he did when the first shell burst by his plane. He said, "nearly jumped clean out of the seat!" Me too!
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