John Pierce (DD 753) - Naval Cruise Book

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Back to Port for Quick Repairs Work begins on the damage suffered by Communist shore batteries to the number two stack Below, picture shows how shell frag- ments pierced the deck. Although rated as superficial ' our damage to the stacks and superstructure took three weeks to repair. We spent the period doing the work that couldn ' t be done at sea. It was also a period of relaxation. Leave parties were sent out to rest camps in the mountains and the rest of the men spent their spare time in more shopping and sightseeing.

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Reds Hit Two U. S. Ships an $ifp liif SAN DIIGO I,. CAUFO.HU. TUESDAY MO.NING. AUG fj ,„, Red Shells lit 2 U.S. Desfroyers One Sailor Killed; British Frigofe Also Damaged off Korea TOKYi i lnyi.V ' - I J 1 « Brills r r ,q,, jt y Communist shorr iMitervi I ?irr»nd«Jlsufforr,i I 1 Bn,lsh Mltoi »ti oujxfcd. innounr l loctay !h-- - I. » Mta , ; ' - • ' ' .V I Dram nuoon Twoolhar V3 dmnym ihj • • N»y mt All continual In » . •»n io «iippr , Onumaiiaj ' Dala p. crav boatswain ' , mala thlrt dm. of Waoal Bd pv ■nlnwui thil hit th Bar i d rou ICTUXB US, i-inin Ton »i n aboard lha J R fj r wounoWl: Tho RTavj «alo ihr roo,, 11r oH h P! ia ' iM I Hon. Only the nam ' or „,, rn , - DnnaH L. Ko.cn. o| Snutl, Om ' nj ' Jx£ % r l f I ■ jf 7,., orln W Red Shore Guns Hit Three U.N. Warships a I i v. — , rp oitrt Kii tOKKO. ., .ho, tin .v ro ,„.„, un »l»m ih« rt , Dale P ;ra ■ la ' hrf U • .,n»X I -I t .no : M ba i ma „Uar th«i i it Ml Ml I We continued to patrol the area of Chongpn. There was no return fire by the enemy until sunset of August 6. On the southern leg of our patrol course, they opened up with approximately 100 rounds. We took hits in both stacks, one on the bow. We returned their fire with our main battery and retired from range of their guns. Thirteen of our crew were hit by shrap- nel, although no one was critically wounded. Ltjg. Donald Keach was the most seriously hit, and we returned at full power to Sasebo for medical aid. Left, the newspaper report of our engagement with the Communist shore batteries. Below, Ltjg Keach, after being seriously wounded by shrapnel from a shell explosion on the open bridge, is ready to be lowered from the ship into a small boat to be taken to the hospital at Yokosuka.

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Rest Camp and More Sightseeing I fr ' t ■ U Upper left, Skinner, Taylor and Barthuli clown before the camera Above, Riley, Stiles, Kology, Schafer, Hynes and Reid take leave at a Japanese rest camp. Below, the Shizura Hotel, one of the rest camps. There was plenty of time for ball games and tours to the top of the hills overlooking the harbor of Sasebo. Camera addicts had more of a chance to get out and get their human interest shots of forlorn babies, women carrying their children on their backs, and the peo- ple working in the terraced rice fields.