Word: squawkbox
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sinking our squawkbox sounded: 'Jap snooper is closing.' One cruiser opened fire with two destroyers joining. ... At 9:50 p.m. the squawkbox said: 'A group of planes is closing. They are dropping float lights. Another group is off our starboard bow, now closing...
...midnight approached, our skipper decided that the men below might be wanting rest. He ordered the squawkbox silenced. A man telling me about that decision next day said: 'They left us with Jap torpedo planes closing in. We waited for word and waited. The uncertainty was killing...
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