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steaming in an opposite direction and it was expected that the Burns would not return to it until the next morning. Night came over the lone destroyer, returning from its mis- sion of mercy, and Brown and his crew hit the sack. The destroyer skipper, Commander D. T. Eller, USN, had given Brown his own room just off the bridge and as Brown lay there, he heard snatches of conversation mention- ing surface vessels. In a moment he was out on the bridge, fully dressed and asking questions. How many? Where? Do you suppose it could be part of the Jap fleet that had been baited out of hiding? No one on the bridge had even an inkling, but when the young Oflicer of the Deck asked: Shall I order Hank speed and try to slip through them sir? The Skipper bellowed: Slip through them my foot! I've been waiting for a chance like this for years, and we're not going to run for it now. As the Burns stalked her quarry in the light of a quarter moon, it became apparent that the targets were four Jap ships. The Burns closed to maximum range, the open fire command was given, and she let Hy with her heavy five-inchers. A tremendous sheet of Hame in the distance testified to accuracy and the Burns careened on, closing the range. 1.-nm-.5 .Jls.LN6:.0
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L to figure out how they lived. Of them dll, no ship drew greater cheers nor deeper respect, 'than ez .single destroyer, the U.S.S. Burnrj No story of the Bunker Hill would be com- plete without a mention of its rampaging rumpus-mate, the U. S. S. Burns--the rowdy little destroyer whose presence in our task force always brought grins of satisfaction. That comraderie between the big carrier and the sea terrier that tagged along as a plane guard, or blazed away with salvos of AA when we were under attack, was deeper than the usual feeling between the mother- ing-and oft-times helpless-carrier and her defending screen. . It revolved about an operation during the campaign for the Marshall Islands. Our squadrons were carrying out a relentless, day- long attack on one of the atolls of the target group, an air field and its surrounding install- ations the specific target of the bombers and torpedo pilots. However, each torpedo pilot had been instructed to save one bomb for a concentrated bombing run on a 6,000-ton Jap transport that had been found huddled in a nook of the harbor. Lieutenant Cjgj Guy Brown, twenty-six-year old torpedo pilot of VT17, had made his run on the ground installations but heavy cloud banks prevented him from rendezvousing with the rest of the squadron to join the attack on the ship. He decided to make his drop alone. Spotting the ship down on the blue lagoon he made his glide bombing run through a storm of anti-aircraft fire, leveled off and started upstairs He then discovered that his bomb had failed to release-and that his right wing had been riddled by small calibre AA. Despite possible structural dam- age to the wing, Brown made his second run and saw his bomb drop close enough to the transport's waterline to assure damage to the ship. Brown's Avenger, however, was seriously damaged, its hydraulic system shot away, one elevator virtually demolished and a severe oil leak resulting from a hit in the engine. He informed his squadron mates by radio that he was Usettin' her down, and went into a long glide that carried him approximately fif- teen of the 100 miles in the direction of the carrier. In hitting the water, Brown's radio- man, Frank Nugent, ARM 2c, of Jersey City, N. J., received a severe back injury and George Sandburg, ARM2c, of Camden, N. J., the gunner, extricated him and together with Brown, got him into the life raft. The trio prepared for a long stay under the hot sun, taking encouragement from the circling Aven- ger of Lieutenant Paul Dickson, who droned over them for nearly five hours awaiting the Burns, which had been dispatched for the rescue. The carrier force, meanwhile, had been l. --:ij t 'hifi ' . p Q 5 , 3-J-3 V .. 1 '- :.:::: ' ,Z - L , i . .i .1 A. , A --------- ifw ifig :lv I J! ------- -M.,-F q 5. , AQ- Y.: 'Q-1 f . . is , Q---i-. - A TI ..'.:.4q ------ f .1 X. ' A I ' u ------- '--- - A N l A ' - . o ' M X f 'EN 'X 0 A ,-- X . if-'lfillrfl ' - X ' - - - ,,, 11-fn' - Q., f? '-4,-Q-V' 'A-' --f:?.i.,,'-1-,e..--fy ,E T'-q,..g e f J f+z.- 155
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