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Let me see...
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It was the last summer of the war.
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We were on our usual patrol
over the Adriatic, heading for Istria.
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Berlini was beside me.
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An old friend, who'd gotten
married two days before.
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I was best man at his wedding.
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But we couldn't get leave
so we'd come straight back to base.
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Planes were going down like flies,
ours and theirs.
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I had three on my tail.
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I didn't have time for anyone else.
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Then mine was the only one
of our planes left.
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The enemy kept coming.
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They had blood in their eyes.
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My hands and feet were numb.
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I couldn't see...
I thought I was dead.
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Suddenly everything all went white
in front of me.
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White?
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Yeah, like I was in pure light.
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But a light so strange it took a while
to realize I was in cloud.
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I was so tired I didn't have
enough strength to fly.
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But the plane just kept flying
by itself.