Chapters 13 + 14

When news got back that the Green Hornet had never returned the men had to search for them. Although it was urgent the search had to be postponed until the next morning. A plane had passed over them, a chance for rescue! A flare was shot and dye used, but sadly the fighter didn’t see them. They would have to wait, the sharks were circling them. Though not a threat (yet) the sharks were still there making sleeping very hard. The next day Louie heard a B-24 engine, it was one of the planes from their own squadron, the 42^nd. The men wasted three valuable flares on trying to signal the plane, one almost hitting the plane. Louie upset at first realized that he too had most likely also missed stranded crewmen while looking for downed planes. Louie prayed, for rescue, for the first time since his days as a child. On the third day it rained, the best thing to happen to the men since the crash. To savor every drop that came they fashioned mini water holders from the canvas holder of an air-pump. I really am inspired by this part, they are already weak and perhaps mentally weaker too yet they find a reasonably efficient way to capture the water. If at first you don’t succeed then try again, and these men tried 3 times before getting it the best they could. Mac was seemingly not helpful throughout this chapter, is he going to be this introverted the whole journey?