Missouri (BB 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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J UARY 1944... . HE DEMOCRACIEQS have begun an inexorable march . . . From ships of the United States Navy, which have been blasting, pounding, softening Japanese defenses, foot soldiers of the United States leap to the beaches of Roi and Kwajalein Islands inthe Marshalls . . . Allied troops, spearheaded by fighting Americans, capture Minturno, Italy, enter Gassino, establish Anzio-Nettuno beachhead south of Home . . . The Russians, grimly exultant, drive toward Rumania, penetrate deep into Pripet Marshes, smash beyond old borders of Poland, capture Leningrad . . . To the homefront in the United States come revelations of Japanese atrocities against American and Filipino captives of Corregidor and Bataan . . . A nation gasps as the horrors are described, then settles down intent on the job that lies ahead-a terrific job, with bombs, shells, bullets, Whistling, screaming, blasting and roaring. All instruments are being tuned for the Overture to Victory . . . ' East and West, the growing might of Allied offensives is being massed for the reconquest of the Philippines, the destruction of the Japanese Empire, the liberation of millions of men, Women and children, conquered, tortured and oppressed by Hitler, the Bismarck of the Beer Halls, Mussolini, the Chin on the Balcony, and Hirohito, who peered down from his private heaven through bi-focals. i A A Ships, planes, munitions, men, food, are on the march from the Arsenal of Democracy.

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