Link, Vol. 25

Excerpt from The Link, Vol. 25: A Protestant Magazine for Armed Forces Personnel; June 1967 One month later he volunteered for a secret mission to be carried out by the Jimmy Doolittle Squadron - a surprise raid on Tokyo from the aircraft-carrier Hornet. On April 18, 1942, they bombed Tokyo. Sergeant Deshazer participated as a bombardier. AS he dropped the bombs, he was filled with elation for now he was getting his revenge for that Pearl Harbor attack. After the bombing they flew on to China, but on the way when their bomber ran out Of gasoline, the crew had to parachute into Japanese occupied territory in China. The next morning he was captured and became a war prisoner of Japan. He was in prison for 40 long months, He was cruelly treated. At one time he said that he almost went insane because of his Violent hatred against the Japanese guards who treated him brutally. However, one day during his imprisonment, he began to feel a strong desire to read the Bible. He begged for a copy Of the Bible. His request was denied at first, but finally after asking again and again, he was given a Bible. He read the Bible eagerly every day, and while he was reading the Bible, he found Christ and was saved in the Japanese p.o.w. Camp. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.