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...Dusen lays great emphasis on the missionary achievement in China. In the land where 450,000,000 people fight poverty, natural catastrophe and the Jap, only 1% are Christians. Yet Who's Who in China shows that one out of every six Chinese leaders is a Christian; one out of every two has been educated in Christian schools or colleges. "Perhaps more than any other influence," says Van Dusen, "Christianity is responsible for the extraordinary character of China's resistance...
...Salt Lake City has probably been in more engagements than any other warship. Jap communiques have "sunk" her twice and left her burning once. They must have known better, for no sailorman could fail to identify her at a glance...
...Captain Ellis Zacharias, as he left her for Washington after five combat actions to become Assistant Chief of Naval Intelligence, the crew of the Salt Lake City had a handsome testimonial. Their scroll recalled old Swayback's great fighting career, the raid on the Marshalls, the attack on Jap-held Wake, the days & nights at "general quarters" when the enemy was hammering at them with bomb and torpedo. "We say farewell to you with a deep sense of personal loss," it concluded...
...that time the light cruiser Boise had been badly hit by a Jap heavy cruiser; she was in flames. Shorty Small did not hesitate. He sailed the Salt Lake City in front of the Boise, though it meant silhouetting the old lady against the Boise's flaming wreckage. The Salt Lake City's first salvo silenced the Jap. Four more salvos of 8-in. shells sank the enemy ship. The Boise was saved. Old Swayback proudly escorted her from the battle area...
...went off to war. Off the gangplank, he got down on his hands & knees, kissed the ground. "This I vowed to do if ever I saw American soil again," he explained gravely; "sometimes out there we're not so sure. . . ." Clutching a native-made cane decorated with "real Jap teeth," he told about his blistering nightlong battle in a shell hole (TIME, Dec. 14), described his exhibition bout with a native champ. "It was murderous," said Corporal Ross, referring to the exhibition bout. ". . . This baby didn't mess around, and I was sort of out of practice. Nevertheless...