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...flyers-Marines and Naval aviators from Guadalcanal and Army heavy bombers from Espiritu Santo-struck at the enemy. They damaged one heavy and one light cruiser. Next day the carrier task forces met. A U.S. carrier was severely damaged, a destroyer sunk. U.S. flyers damaged two Japanese carriers...
...Japs, meanwhile, were whittling down U.S. strength. In the first days of the campaign they surprised and sank the U.S. cruisers Vincennes, Astoria and Quincy and the Australian cruiser Canberra (TIME, Oct. 26) in a night assault which will take many months of explaining. The Japs also jumped up and destroyed at least three of the little converted destroyers which were doing valiant service as Marine transports...
Next morning the overburdened little ship ran alongside a larger British vessel. There was no slackening of speed. While both ships pitched on through the seas, the survivors clambered over the sides. Their new refuge was a cruiser. In her seamen's mess forward, the 200 survivors flopped down, drew their first easy breath...
...short surcease. Over the cruiser's public-address system came the clipped voice of a British officer: "We are now in the first degree of readiness." And in a moment: "The attacking force is 40 miles away...
...petty officer gave advice. When the cruiser's guns started firing the mess hall would probably be dusty and the lights might go out, but the survivors had better stay below. Over the amplifiers came the same clipped voice (it was a lieutenant standing on the bridge). "You chaps in the mess hall," came his cheerful voice, "in case of a hit lie prone on the deck. . . . Here they come, sir-5-17- 22-30-44 torpedo bombers coming...