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JUNE 11, 1944: commissioning the first c.o. takes over the first prayer the first pipe the first salute
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WORLD WAR II: in the pacific HE watches seemed longer and the days crept by. The tropic sun had replaced the bitter cold of a little more than a year ago at the launching in Brooklyn. The crew had grown restless in their long tiring wait for the inevitable enemy engagement. No one feared the actual combat, but nerves were at the straining point with the endless waiting. In mid-February, 1945, it happend all at once. Enemy aircraft buzzed angrily overhead while uair defensew was sounded and Missouri crewmen rush- ed to their battle stations. Japanese planes came diving out of the sun at Task Force 58. The Missouri's guns retaliated and the sky was filled with Hack. A hit was scored and a burning fuselage plunged to a watery grave. The crew rested easier, they had been baptized. The period of waiting was indeed over, but ragged nerves were to get no rest, they now had to contend with the newest, most fanatical weapon of them all: the Kamikaze! Men whocflew one- way missions and wore red sashes, eagerly awaiting the opportunity to avenge the sinking of the Im- perial fleet-this was the enemy. The Missouri's foe had a life dedicated to suicide. At Okinawa, where the J aps decided to make a desperation stand, the Missouri's giant 16 inch guns blasted the beaches and gave troops support, while the secondary battery fought off the hordes of human bombs. ln spite of their suicidal efforts, the kamikazes broke through the canopy of fire only once, and this caused only minor damages to the ship. ' Admiral William F. Halsey, who made the Missouri his flag ship, was certain that the enemy was beaten. He directed the Missouri to join her sister ships, the Iowa and the Wisconsin in a series of daring raids on the Japanese mainland, often as close as 60 miles from Tokyo. The J aps offered no opposition. The tide of battle had turned: the Missouri and the Navy were definitely in command of the situation. It looked like Senator, now President Truman's launching predic- tion uBig Mo, with batteries blazing, will sail into Tokyo Bay was about to be enacted. On August 10, 1945, the Japanese government capitualated. The Mo's guns were silent. i
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