Manchester (CL 83) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUBJECT: PRISONERS? On February 10th. while patrolling the enemy coast further north, we discovered several fish- ing sampans close to a prospective enemy target. In a short time Captain Bring- ' Em-Back-Alive Hansen and some of his Marines had captured three bewildered fishermen, their sampan (and their sampanful of fish). The prisoners were brought aboard for questioning, after which they were permitted to set out in their boat for home. It was a good morning for all concerned; it was diversion for those of us who were topside, lusty adventure for the Marines, and chocolate candy bars for the fishermen.

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. t- ■ V SUBJECT: RECONNAISSANCE This field of work was one of the Manchester ' s specialties while we were operating with Task Force 95. Above are two examples from hun- dreds of reconnaissance pictures taken by Lieu- tenant Ken Henry (left) from our helicopter. Each of these photos requires carefully in- tegrated planning and study before and after shooting . The ship ' s photo lab and CIC Officer spent long hours in development and processing of the vital films. FROM.- CTG 95.2 TO: MANCHESTER YOUR RECONNAISSANCE YESTERDAY GAVE MOST COMPLETE AND BEST INFORMATION THIS AREA I HAVE SEEN IN THE MANY WEEKS I HAVE BEEN HERE

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Those of us who were homesick for Sasebo were cured by February 13th Among many other items, our SP radar needed repair; we were out of ammo again; and among many other people in the combat zone, we needed a little rest.