San Francisco (CA 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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CONQUEST ln the closing days of the battle for Qlqinawa, our ship maneuvered near the shore, in the very place where once the Imperial Navy had an- chored. From our lighting bridge we could see the enemyls last hopeless stand against our ground forces, who had steadily blasted and burned the laps out of their maze of caves and driven them across the ru ggecl terrain into a pocket at the southern extrem- ity of the island. After the teamwork of Armv, Navy and Marines had se- cured the place, a few of our men went ashore for a brief look at the devastation and the new American installations built even while the battle raged. 1-, 5'

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