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Most of the 21 damaged ships, repaired at sea, were soon back in action. As the crippled Pittsburgh limped toward port, the radio brought a message from one of the ships: "Have sighted a suburb of Pittsburgh and have taken it in tow." The Pittsburgh's bow went home...
To the 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...
One year ago six Japanese fighter pilots sighted their first 6-29 high over the Himalayas. They jumped the big ship, then broke off as its guns blinked. One of them went down; two others were damaged. The most formidable U.S. warplane had received its baptism of fire.
By last week Japan's own skies echoed to the roar of 6-29 motors. Airfields on Kyushu whence enemy planes have been attacking U.S. positions on Okinawa were furrowed by exploding bombs. Intent bombardiers sighted carefully and began an anniversary celebration that was to go on for three...
The device, known as the "ring sight," looks something like a reading glass. When a gunner peers through it, he sees a set of rainbow-colored, concentric circles. Unlike rings painted on glass, these optical rings are projected beyond the disk and seem to lie directly on the object sighted...