Manchester (CL 83) - Naval Cruise Book

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PLANNING and final analysis of methods is confirmed . . . each small detail is considered. DECISION AND DIRECTION is spoken by Captain Frost: Manchester will gd to work for ground forces.

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PROBLEM PROPOSAL AND COUNTER-PROPOSAL is presented by army liaison team aboard Manchester by minds of specialists — gunners, communicators, intel- via helicopter. ligence men. The cruiser Manchester performed a whole array of jobs in the Korean waters. No one could say one job was more important than the one we did yesterday or the one we would do tomorrow, for each bit of work had its individual importance. Our gunfire, supporting the US ground forces, was precision planned, con- trolled, and executed. With only a narrow strip of no man ' s land sepa- rating adversaries, it was our work to move in close to the beach and lay our explosives on the enemy before he knew how or where death was coming from. The success of our work depended basically on teamwork. Each man, from Captain to the Seaman Apprentice, had to know where to go and what to do without being told. We were playing for keeps. This was work — not a driU.

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. A BATTLE The twiste l, snow-covered Korean terrain ap- peared innocently enough from the air. But under- neath, down in the caves and ravines, was no innocence. Knemy and ally were fighting more than each other. They were lighting the sweeping winds that blew from the Sea of Jajtan, the freez- ing cold, and the fear. r ' ' - j m t • r w.