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Show WAYNE KIMBALL MARCH 28, 2001 cadets to have them check out the B-40s, 'cause that's what they were flying over in China. And so we did not get to fly B-40s. We flew AT-6's instead. BBL: Over time have you come to an appreciation that you didn't go that other route and become a war hero? In India, did you come to think you were doing a good thing? WAY: Yeah, I was fine there. It was just, initially, being assigned to transport. You know, when you go from a hot rod flying aircraft to a stable type thing, and you're determined you're going to help win the war and here you're over in the war flying cargo. No, I did not have any feelings, misgivings about my experience in the Air Corp. If I'd have been in a foxhole, I think I might have been a little bent out of shape. I wasn't the foxhole type. BBL: So your dad was right, then, when he said that it's better to go be a pilot than in a foxhole. I think you've had a really interesting life and it was so good to hear about your experiences flying the Hump. WAY: BBL: WAY: That's why my daughter forced me into this. Into writing your history? Yeah. She did all the typing up. I started this up with Cynthia. She said, "Tell me, Dad, about life," right then, so I just started, "What do you want to know?" And so it starts out sounding very juvenile, it says, "I was born March 24,1925, at our home on 2431 South, Third East, Salt Lake City. I think it was a Tuesday." I was just talking, like I would talk to you. So, grammatically it is no masterpiece, by any means, it's just a conversation with my daughter. And so many, many months or a year later, years later, she said, "Why don't you write a continuation of history?" And so as 37 |
