No one was completely happy, though, until they had full reports of the convoy battle from the Intelligence Officer at the tender. It was with pride that March Anson carried the complete news to Skipper Larry Gray as he lay in the small sick bay aboard the tender. “We got the troopship ourselves,” March said. “The carrier was on fire and listing badly when the planes came and finished her off. Not a plane got off her. Of the rest, thirty-eight ships are at the bottom of the sea. Not one ship reached Truk!” Larry looked at March silently and then a slow smile spread over his face. “Skipper,” he said, “you did a swell job.” That was all the commendation March wanted or needed, though he wasn’t dismayed later when he got the Navy Cross and his promotion to full lieutenant. As for Scoot Bailey, he was flown to Australia to get over his broken arm before resuming his flying from _Bunker Hill_. The same award and promotion had come to him for his part in breaking up the Jap convoy, and he was very happy. But his last words to March were on the old argument between them. “I won’t say another word against pigboats,” he said. “But I still want to get back to a plane. As I said once before, they make a great team, don’t they?” -------------------------------------------------- WHITMAN AUTHORIZED EDITIONS -------------------------------------------------- NEW STORIES OF ADVENTURE AND MYSTERY Up-to-the-minute novels for boys and girls about Favorite Characters, all popular and well-known, including— INVISIBLE SCARLET O’NEIL LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE and the Gila Monster Gang BRENDA STARR, Girl Reporter DICK TRACY, Ace Detective TILLIE THE TOILER and the Masquerading Duchess BLONDIE and Dagwood’s Adventure in Magic BLONDIE and Dagwood’s Snapshot Clue BLONDIE and Dagwood’s Secret Service JOHN PAYNE and the Menace at Hawk’s Nest BETTY GRABLE and the House With the Iron Shutters BOOTS (of “Boots and Her Buddies”) and the Mystery of the Unlucky Vase ANN SHERIDAN and the Sign of the Sphinx JANE WITHERS and the Swamp Wizard -------------------------------------------------- The books listed above may be purchased at the same store where you secured this book. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- WHITMAN AUTHORIZED EDITIONS --------------------------------------------------