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We talked to the crew of the bomber a few minutes later. It had been their first mission and they had been plenty scared - and embarrassingly grateful for getting them down. We anxiously asked them the question so often raised by those people in the service who opposed the developement of GCA - those people who were quite content to go along with the glide-path localizer which preceded the GCA system - to wit: How did you feel about taking directions from someone on the ground? The answer was direct and simple. The pilot said, " I had no alternative. And," he continued, " from now one I won't use anything else" When the crew thanked us it made all those years of going to Army schools feel worthwhile.

Our eyes were getting red from lack of sleep. Smoking incessantly. So tired I cannot sleep. Wish the weather would break...From being complete unknowns on the island a short time ago we were now getting quite a lot of attention...The brass was beginning to come around to see this here thing GCA... Wish we could get a dencent place to eat...Much time is lost in preparing a fire and cooking our food... C rations still stink...I like the cereal in ten-in-ones, though.Trouble is there isn't enough of it... Weather is really socked in ...Bad all the time now and we've got to be on the alert all day every day. We landed a B-29 all shot up from Tokyo raid. He ran off the end of the runway because his braking mechanism had been damaged...No one was hurt. He almost ran into us on