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miust ave beV a very hv object; oil and sma1l en in, parts
littered the d oc Luc .ad bean with us.
te af 1n s e the cnm aig continued, giving rise to
sori grim meories which vill be hard to erase: the sight of the
mraunition ship off Kr Retto burning with vi y unauenchable
l oi 2 d1y7,s a ni ghs; tiLe APA 45, crashod by a rETTY, with
its c,ro of cd ac the endlesss flow of ;ounced to .vsif hospital
ships in Kei Rhtto the Iiboneyardi of wreckeh 0ndi ba ttered ships;
the long nights spont at battle stations; ak1ing smok a cd prayirg
the thin cover over head ould not open bo nabe l ow-fing J.as to
find their target; unfiorg ttable scenes of the iagushi aid Kerawia
anchorages undergoi ni gh air attacls--tne whol; sky br ghtoned
f u.rsomaely by arching incendiarius and bursting shells; thL h,lplesS,
angry fecling Lith stirred o every oian as he listened to reports of
radar picketr vessels bling Jap pLanes against overwhelming odds--
thereby saving the S iri s from their viol nce. During the earlyrmiorni n hours of Apr il 2nd the ship was again subjected to bombing
attacks-tais time by t'o, lou-flying, singl-eongined Japanese planes.
The first attack was unsccessful; the bomb overshot tho shi, and
expl oc'C appDroximaatel 50 yards off the starboard boam. The second
bomber, ho eve, attc ing closely after the first, and from the
opposite direction, was m.ore accurate. His bomb carom ed off the
hedgehog' shield and or lodc in the water close aboard to port.
Although ta bomb m~iraculo .sl - r cd the majorityy of us, it tooh
the life of our' bust lookout, J.D. nu, when it demolished his
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Anderson, Richard Alan. [Anderson Scrapbook 1], book, [1942..1945]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1662121/m1/54/?q=%221937%2F1945%22&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.