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...Spitfires went for the escort and the Kittyhawks went for the giants. The pilot who led the attack said: "Three starboard engines and the fuselage caught fire when I let go at the first plane and it hit the water with a sheet of flame belching from it." As the fragile transports went into the sea, said one pilot, "a mass of propellers filled...
...look now mates, but that's land in sight there just off the starboard how... and before noon today the mooring lines will have been made fast, the gangway put down and the crew detached. there'll be a few brief days of shore leave and then ... like John Masefield, "We must down to the seas again...
Most exciting moment occurred Monday evening when late diners and hangers-on at the mess hall were privileged to witness the geyser of water which burst forth from the starboard coffee urn.... A loud cheer went up in admiration of Miss Opal Bowers, of the Cowie Hall staff, who, heedless of losing that new curl, rushed into the torrential shower and closed the offending valve...
...enemy raiders off the starboard bow." He raced to the deck of the U.S. merchantman just in time to stop a shower of splinters from the first shell. As he lay dazed, more shells screamed over the deep blue South Atlantic to bury themselves in the ship's unarmored sides...
...dark night, with long swells running. The U.S.S. Boise, knifing along at 25 knots, was part of a cruiser column, screened by destroyers, sent to head off a Jap landing force in the Solomons. Suddenly there were enemy ships to starboard...