Chapters 20 and 21 Summary

In Chapter 20, Jake awakens with a headache from a sedative Mad Jack had given him. He goes to the hangar to look at Devil 502, the Intruder he had flown the previous day. The squadron maintenance officer, Joe Wagner, tells him he was very lucky, because artillery fire had come very close to cutting off half the tail. Also, the big shell that knocked out the engine probably would have caused the plane to crash or explode if Jake had not reacted immediately by closing off fuel to the engine. Jake later sees New Guy at the duty officer's desk but avoids him. Camparelli calls Jake into his stateroom. The commander says he knows about the unauthorized raid, and lectures him angrily about his lack of obedience, which he considers criminal. He has written and will file a report on the incident...