"Maybe they'll send another team with vaccine after the first," Pat suggested.
"I surely do hope so," said Polly, "I'm real worried about that man."
CHAPTER 12
The ache of parting was still gnawing at my belly like a peptic ulcer when Blackie picked me up at the airfield in a jeep.
"My goodness, Colonel, I'm relieved to see you."
"Why? What gives? I'm on time."
"Yes sir, but the operation has been advanced, you see. We leave for Japan in the morning."