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Lieutenant Colton G. Morris, UNSR, will tell his eye-witness account of how blood plasma saved the lives of many of the U.S.S. Helena's crew, when he broadcasts over the Crimson Network tomorrow at 9:15 o'clock...
...dared get in a real slugfest with U.S. naval units. But since mid-June, in various fruitless sallies, he has lost six to seven cruisers, at least eleven destroyers, one seaplane tender, one transport, four to six cargo ships. Admitted U.S. losses for that same period were the cruiser Helena, the destroyers Strong and Gwin and the transport McCawley...
Roll Out the Barrel. Near Helena, Mont., Carl Case's truck, full of beer, stalled on a mountain grade, rolled back ward, right into a picnic, overturned and tossed out Oase, who stayed...
Nine Jap destroyers and light cruisers were sunk, possibly two more. U.S. losses: one ship-the valiant cruiser Helena, which, when sunk, had been firing for six minutes and was on her third and fourth victims. Early this week, another naval force was engaged in the Kula Gulf. In a night battle lasting into the next day, one Jap cruiser, three destroyers were sunk, two more destroyers hit so badly that they probably went down...
...Helena. We had kindled several targets, which were burning in the night like small, innocent bonfires along the Kolombangara coast. One hour after the firing started there were no Jap targets left. It was then that we picked up, in the beam of a searchlight, a ship's bow protruding from the quiet sea. The admiral ordered a destroyer to investigate. For a long time the destroyer was silent, as she also threw a beam, and the admiral kept asking: "Who is it? Who is it? Acknowledge. Acknowledge." Finally came the destroyer's voice: "I am sorry...