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MARCH ANSON and SCOOT BAILEY

OF THE

U. S. NAVY

Story by

GREGORY DUNCAN

Illustrated by

HENRY E. VALLELY

WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

RACINE, WISCONSIN

Copyright, 1944, by

WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

Printed in U.S.A.

All names, characters, places, and events

in this story are entirely fictitious.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Farewell to the Plymouth]11
II.[Back to School]26
III.[Fifty Pounds of Pressure]38
IV.[Underwater Escape]51
V.[First Dive]66
VI.[A Real Submariner]83
VII.[Orders to Report]95
VIII.[Kamongo]106
IX.[Destination—]122
X.[Through the Canal]131
XI.[Under Way Again]143
XII.[Visit to Wake Island]155
XIII.[Scoot Meets Two Zeros]169
XIV.[Crash Landing]186
XV.[Find the Convoy!]201
XVI.[Downed at Sea]219
XVII.[Attack!]231
XVIII.[Depth Charges]242

ILLUSTRATIONS

[“She Was a Swell Ship!” Said Scoot]10
[“Going to the Sub Base, Sir?”]31
[They Filed into the Pressure Chamber]45
[Hand Over Hand He Ascended]59
[They Watched From the Dock]73
[They Inspected the Torpedo Room]89
[The Sub Set Off and Submerged]101
[“They’ve Made You a Lieutenant!”]113
[The Skipper Was at the Door]127
[The Big Freighter Came Head On]135
[“I Want You to Take Over Ray’s Job!”]149
[He Adjusted the Eyepiece and Looked]161
[Some Fighters Stayed With the Carrier]177
[A Two-Motored Flying Boat Came at Them]193
[March Pounded Scoot on the Back]207
[The Skipper Was Still Unconscious]225
[He Tied Himself to the Strut]233
[Scoot Appeared in the Doorway]245

“She Was a Swell Ship!” Said Scoot

MARCH ANSON
and
SCOOT BAILEY
of the U. S. Navy