Manchester (CL 83) - Naval Cruise Book

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The next morning, we uneasily received alongside another supply of ammuni- tion and fuel. We finished the job as quickly as we knew how, but without interruption from Red shore fire. That night, we were back on the firing line to continue where we left off . . .

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At dusk on March 2nd, we drew alongside the cargo ship Polaris to take aboard fresh provisions and bags of stateside mail. Suddenly, at our most vulnerable moment, and with many of us working topside, enemy shore batteries opened up from three directions. In little over five minutes, we had singled up our lines to the Polaris, manned our battle stations, and were shooting back with everything we had. Fifteen minutes later, we continued taking aboard provisions and that valuable stateside mail

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HWANGT ' O DO This small island only a few thousand yards from the mainland, would be valuable in our hands. From it, we could observe activity on the Wonsan airstrip where our helicopter had re- ported AA guns; and best of all, we could keep a constant watch on Kalma Gak for the hidden gun emplacements that fired on us nearly every day. So on March 4th, Captain Hansen and the ROK marines were on the move again. The day before the landing, two former Hwangt ' o Do residents who had moved to Yo Do were put in a sampan and sent back to their old home with an ultimatum, telling Hwangt ' o Do people to be waving flags of surrender when the ROK ' s landed. The result can be seen below. ». - v-;. ,;