USS Colorado - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1946

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• i Again they struck and hit. This is a Kamikaze ' s dream and our nightmare, for think what that explosion was like, not from our ship, but from the battleship that was hit . . . But the battle was won, and the score was uneven, in our favor. Here is the scoreboard: eleven planes and far more assists, and eight major invasions. At Saqami Wan and Tokyo Bay we were ready too, not just any style but with the same preparation and planning that marked our victories at Tarawa or Linqayen. This is the accounting, and Hirohilo wouldn ' t give us a medal for it . . .

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« -tt OSfewT Low over the water they came, dozens of them, and the AA lire was Uke a storm in the sky. In seconds that small dot In the sky was a Val or a Judy loaded with bombs and on a one way trip . . . But we were ready. It might mean days and weeks ol GQ, K rations and grapefruit juice, and then the mid watch just when we secured from Condition One on the AA battery, but we were ready, and we had all the help in the world — radio and Radar gave us warning and we knew we were part of a great force working together toward Victory . . .



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The turrets have fired their shattering blasts, and off we go to get ammo and food and mail. At Okinawa we fired two thousand tons of main battery ammunition . . .

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