Blue Ocean Journal Entry

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Journal Entry 1: The GREEN HORNET has just gone down. I can't even fathom how it happened, something went wrong and Cuppernell and I were in switched positions. We couldn't save the plane, we're in the Pacific now. It's up to Louie, Mac, and me now. Louie and Mac sorted the supplies we have:
-some coins -watches (that don't work)
-flare gun -two canvas case air pumps
-sea dye -half-pint tins of water
-a brass mirror -set of pliers with a built-in screwdriver
-spool of fishing line -set of fishhooks
-several bitter chocolate bars

The supplies aren't the best, but it can work to our advantage. The brass mirror can be used to signal any planes or boats we might see. The sea dye and flare gun can help too. With the screwdriver and some pliers we could, with hard work, shape the coins into small fishhooks in case we need more. Or perhaps shape them into small bullets to fit in the flare gun to shoot at sharks? If we could, then we could eat shark liver for food. If we did manage shark liver, maybe we could use it as bait for smaller fish.
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I agreed. There was also no way to filter the water around us. Half-pints won't last three men very long. Salt water is all around, but it is undrinkable unless we had a filter. The watches seem useless, but I talked with Louie and Mac and we think we can use them as compasses. If we use trial and error, we can eventually find out how to tell in which direction we're

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