Chapter 11 Section 11

Another example is Yanni trying to imitate a noble lady, learning French every day, listening to music, delving into famous paintings and antiques, and reading Shakespeare by heart. Letterhead envelopes, bed sheets and towels with the initials of myself and her husband, etc., but the style is absolutely unavoidable with a "vulgar" word, which is very offensive to Little William.That's all, according to Little William's private and mean words, Yan Ni was "thrown out of shame".One day, several young military officers of the same status as Second Lieutenant Odwa brought their wives to a gathering. As soon as Jenny spoke a word of French, her husband made fun of her in public: "Hey, put away your Kansas French."

Because of this sentence, because of this embarrassment, Jenny Odward later made great efforts to learn French, just like learning the New York accent at the beginning.Whenever her husband or in-law's family didn't want to see her, she traveled across the ocean to live in France alone for a while. On September 10 of that year, the large transport ship USS Liscombe, with Lieutenant William Odwa Jr. as the deputy captain, set out to the South Pacific with the main battleship USS New Mexico. The "Riscom Bay" has a huge hull, carrying 21 aircraft, thousands of pounds of bombs, TNT, torpedoes and other explosives. The runway alone is 512 feet long (about 156 meters).There were 932 officers and soldiers on the ship, among them were some of William's classmates at Harvard and his "Boston cousin" and Oliver Ammons, the son of his mother's sister.

Before the warship weighed anchor, according to regulations, the family members had to be sent back.Yan Ni was originally very reluctant to live in the Woodward Mansion on East 86th Avenue in Manhattan, New York. She spends her days watching the faces of her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and would rather stay alone in the presidential suite of the Tacoma Hotel.But he couldn't bear the urging from his husband and mother-in-law, so he had to go back. Two days before, Yanni had just found out she was pregnant. On Thanksgiving Day at the end of November, at 5:11 in the morning, the "Riscom Bay" was attacked by a Japanese submarine in the waters near Macon Island. At that time, the second lieutenant Oddwald was on duty in the command room, and the other captains and deputy captains were resting. .A torpedo triggered all the explosives on board. In just 19 minutes, the transport ship, which was as large as a medium-sized gymnasium, was smashed into pieces in front of Serena Williams, and sank into the sea without leaving a trace. The 660 people on board were killed immediately, and only Little William, Oliver and more than 200 survivors drifted in the scalding sea water and were rescued an hour later.

This shipwreck became one of the worst tragedies in the U.S. Pacific War. It is said that after hearing the news, the Pentagon created 932 Purple Hearts overnight and awarded them to all sailors of the "Riscom Bay", both those who died in battle and those who did not.When mentioning this matter many years later, Little William said that his deepest memory is that he was still in a straight military uniform when he fell into the sea. After struggling several times, he tore off his gloves with his teeth, kicked off his leather shoes, and took off his woolen uniform.Then there is the sea water, which burns the muscles and melts the bones. They must keep diving into the deep and low temperature so as not to be cooked.

There is a saying that, after experiencing the baptism of death, it is possible to reach the state of complete rebirth and enlightenment. The "Marken Island Shipwreck" obviously made William Odward Jr. realize something, and since then he has changed his past routine and worked hard, and started to have fun and play games in life. The remnant of the "Riscom Bay" was withdrawn to the mainland of the United States. During the standby period in the San Francisco Bay, Serena lived in the "best" room of the St. Francis Hotel in the city center, singing and feasting every day and night for several days in a row, drinking in boxes. "Girls" are recruited in groups, and there are often more than one woman on the bed. The scene is just like the crazy party of the famous Hollywood comedy star Roscoe Bockel 22 years ago.Little William called Doudou Becker and said: "The girls here are all beautiful, and they all adore military uniforms... I finally tasted the joy of life, and the previous 20 years were considered in vain."

Some experts who study this case believe that the shooting 11 years later may have planted the seeds of disaster from this time. The Odwa family kept their only son in the United States through their relationship until the end of World War II.In the meantime, on July 27, 1944, Yan Ni gave birth to the eldest grandson of the third generation of the family, who was also named William.Counting, it has been four generations from the old William, the great William, the little William to this little William, but the earliest old William is actually only called "William". , which means "big" or "one generation", and added a character Jr·勐 to his son, which means "little" or "second generation". When Yanni's son is in this generation, it is logical that it should be III, so it is Called "William III".Later, some people who didn't know it read Odwa's family background and thought it was a string of seniority.School bag network txt novel upload and share