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...terrible force of exploding atoms. Ten thousand yards from the test site are the two low, heavy-timbered buildings, banked to the roof with earth, which housed the bomb-exploding generator and observation instruments (known in atom-scientist code as "Beta" and "Ten Thousand"). Nearby stand two white-painted Sherman tanks used to examine the area immediately after the explosion-airtight and lead-lined to protect the crews from radiation-hung with mysterious instruments which the Army's cautious scientists still refuse to explain...
...first allotment of 16¼ tons of newsprint from WPB (which will allow any new daily paper that much), persuaded a south St. Louis neighborhood publisher to print it,* and hired an apartment above his plant for their editorial offices. Copyreaders toiled in the living room. Managing Editor Thomas Sherman (who edits the Post-Dispatch Sunday editorial page), his society department and a Transradio news ticker were bunched in the dining room. In an alcove off the hall was the telephone switchboard, and classified-ad takers labored in the kitchen. The sports and financial departments got the bedroom. The bathroom...
...Orders. Kawabe bowed low to stone-faced Lieut. General Richard K. Sutherland. MacArthur's chief of staff nodded, quickly led the six ranking members of the delegation to a conference with Willoughby, three other staff generals and Rear Admiral Forrest P. Sherman. For five strained hours, the victors extracted information about harbors and airfields around Tokyo, which Allied forces would need for their entry...
...successor is 57-year-old Rear Admiral Frederick Carl Sherman, who was skipper of the Lexington when she was sunk in the world's first carrier battle, in the Coral Sea. Sherman's motto: "Kill the bastards scientifically." McCain's relief is 60-year-old Vice Admiral John Henry Towers, who has been morosely watching the war from an administrative position as Deputy Commander in Chief (for air) of the Pacific Fleet, a job which he is very glad to leave...
...Coast of Asia. In January, when the Third Fleet set out again, I left the Ticonderoga for the Essex, Admiral Sher man's group flagship. January 12 was a great day. By 10:30 in the morning the Ticonderoga had got its first "well done" from Admiral Sherman - her planes had sighted a seven-ship convoy off French Indo-China, had sunk all. The fleet sank 41 ships totaling 127,000 tons that day. Said Sherman: "That Ticonderoga is a real ship." Three days later the Ti pilots shot down four Kamikaze planes headed for the Essex...