5-Chapter+7

= = =**Important Events**=

**Military accomplishments**

 * The AAF attacked wake, an island of Hawaii.**

**Funny stories**

 * After Louie's crew had stolen his beer, Louie put gum in the pilots urine relief tube, making it back up the next time he went.**

**Moments that help show Louie's personality**

 * Louie switched out his gum with laxative gum and the crew stole it before they flew over the pacific.**

**Moments that stand out**

 * "Hot Dogg-ing". When the crew was bored they would fly as low to the ground as they could. Who ever touched the ground first lost.**

**Unforgettable images**

 * "Out in the fog, Phil must have looked at his fuel gage and known that he was in real trouble with his bob bay open and wind howling through the fuselage, he had dragged**
 * away most of his fuel and was running on empy."**

**Memorable quotes**

 * "At exactly midnight, Colonel Matheny, piloting the lead plane, Dumbo the Avenger, roke radio silence, 'This is it boys.'"**

**Unfamiliar Words**

 * **" Phil must have looked at his fuel __//gauge//__..." (gauge - device for measuring the amount or size of something)**
 * **"With his bomb open and wind howling through the __//fuselage//__..." (fuselage - the main body of an aircraft)**
 * **"He hit the bomb bay door control __//valve//__,..."(valve - a device which allows air or liquid to enter or be prevented from entering)**
 * **"His face was __//furrowed//__."(furrowed - with lines on the skin above the eyes)**
 * **"A moment later, one of Super Man's engines //__sputtered__// and died." (sputter - to make repeated explosive sounds)**

=Summary= In the beginning of Chapter 7, Louie and his crew are extremely bored. For months all they did was play pranks and goof off; but once December came, the AAF had a mission: to attack Wake Atoll. The rest of the chapter focuses on that attack.

Questions

 * Louie's two proudest moments as a prankster involve what?
 * What were Phil and Louie promoted to?
 * The fact that Phil would go "hotdogging" suggested what?
 * Why did General Ramey run to each bomber calling out congrats?
 * How do you think the crew felt when they thought the Superman was about to crash?
 * How would you feel if you were a Prisoner of War (POW)?