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Each evening about dusk the air raid warnings would hoot and wail, and the little smoke boats would faithfully begin their task of covering the immense fleet with a protecting blanket of fog. ward at Hagushi Anchorage. lt was such a raging fire that We suspected it to be a tanker. The blaze sprung to alarming height and intensity, lighting up the entire area. HDelegateM continued, 'Tiaid 73, clos- ing. This is Delegate, out .... 9, 6'Splash one Valfp came the familiar radio voice. uThis is Delegate, outf' UCIQM Combat Information Center, was full of darkness, green luminescent dials, tense, peering faces. The clamor of amplifiers and usquawk boxesp' never quite drowning out the persistent staccato of This is Delegate, out. From the chaos of sound and dials and gadgets, the ship got the now familiar Word of targets and approaching danger. A target at 050 de- grees was within 10,000 yards. No lights were showing, meaning target was not in- dicating friendly signals. 6'Sky control soon reported the target sighted. The ,lap plane started circling us from a low altitude, hunting his target, getting poised. Then came the terse order aboard ship to hold Hre, to wait until We 179
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