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...other major German warships, the 41,000-ton battleship Tirpitz (sister of the lost Bismarck) is still out of action from torpedo hits by British midget subs. The Scharnhorst's sister, Gneisenau; the so-called "pocket battleship" Admiral Scheer; the heavy cruisers Prinz Eugen and Admiral Hipper-all these have been damaged repeatedly by bombs and torpedoes, are of dubious fighting value. The pocket battleship Lutzow was torpedoed in 1941, but may be fit for service again. Despite the catchy description, she is no battleship, but an armored cruiser of around 12,000 tons. For the rest, aside from...
...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...
...lieutenant commander when the fleet sallied out to take the Gilberts last month. Butch O'Hare "hellcatted" the island; he was the first to bring a carrier plane down on conquered Tarawa. A few nights later, off the Marshalls, Jap torpedo planes came over his flat-top again. Butch led the fighters from the deck. Flares shredded the darkness. "You take the side you want," he radiophoned his wingman. "I'll take the port," answered the wingman. "Roger!" said Butch. Tracers glowed around his plane. He sheered off, brought down one Jap, his ninth, then dropped into...
Said the task-force commander, Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford: "Butch, with accompanying planes, saved my formation from certain torpedo hits. I am recommending him for a second Congressional Medal of Honor." Said fellow pilots: "Butch did it twice...
...leftist PM; Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo ($2), Captain Ted Lawson's report (written by Journalist Bob Considine) on the Doolittle raid; Eve Curie's North African Journey Among Warriors ($3.50); Commando Lieut. Colonel Robert Henrique's The Voice of the Trumpet ($2); Ira Wolfert's Torpedo 8 ($2) and Battle for the Solomons ($2); John Hersey's Into the Valley ($2); Jack Belden's Retreat With Stilwell ($3); Ernie Pyle's Here Is Your War ($3); Hilary St. George Saunders' Combined Operations; the Official Story of the Commandos...