Making The Bird Angry

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A plane flies over the camp giving hope to the POWs but the plane can't do anything but fly over and this made The Bird angry. The Bird beat Louie because of this and Louie was deaf in one ear for a little. Louie was taken to a radio studio to announce he was alive and his friend from USC hears it and tells his parents. They finally know that Louie is alive now. Loue was then told to read something that Japan wanted him to read but he said no, and they threatened to send him to a punishment camp. The Bird was told to leave because of his behavior. Air war starts over Omari and Louie has to be sent to another camp called Naoetsu and The Bird was there to greet Louie. It is so cold in Naoetsu that the prisoners pulled the floor boards up to

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