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Article: An Independence Day carol.
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- Flying Safety
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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In the first place it was Independence Day eve, and Major Marley was very much alive. But A/1C Ebenezer Screwge thought he was looking at a ghost when the Major suddenly appeared. One minute Screwge was alone in the room, and the next he was confronted by the distraught pilot. For Jacob Marley, Major, USAF, didn't knock when he entered. He simply walked through the locked door to the splintered squeal of shattered wood. White as a sheet, breathing hard, and hair standing on end, Major Marley stared with an icy eye at the mechanic. Sawdust from the pulverized portal floated through the room and settled to the floor.
"Are you a ghost, Sir?" asked a pop-eyed ...
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