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Rushing and the others left for the states today.
Sunday
Only 5 left in the lab.
Clear  September 20  65
Up at 1000A.  Went to 1030A Mass at the theater.  On the way to church I noticed the beginning of a forest fire on the Canadian side.  The wind is terrific and I'm afraid we'll have to fight it.  I was practicing at the lab when the general alarm went off.  So I changed clothes and hopped a truck out to the fire.  It was terrific flames 25 to 50 feet high.  We were lucky that the wind was blowing away from the field and not toward it.  Nothing could be done so we returned.  Col. Fickle was going to bomb it but the Canadians wouldn't let him.  I was to go along and take some pictures but as usual the trip was posponed.  I was on the alert all night so I stayed at the barracks and pressed my clothes.  Read awhile and then went to bed about 2330A.  All the men not on the alert were called out about 2000A and fought the fire until midnight when it started.