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Combat Information Center. As the 'Shangri-La prepared to leave Pearl Harbor, her battered sister, the Franklin, limped into the Navy Yard, her ranks thinned by more than l,000 casualties, her sides scarred and twisted by tremendous ftres and explosions. Hit by Kamikazes March 19th, while operating close to the Japanese home islands, she drifted helplessly as her crew fought courageously to save her. Escorting warships scooped many of her crew from the water, some ships even going along- side to pick off trapped men from exposed gun platforms. Cruisers and destroyers played streams of water across her hangar and flight decks until the tire was under control and a towline had been secured. The sun passed through the zenith andgwell down the western slopes of nearby Fujiyama as her crew labored, knee-
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Dawn of February l3, 1945, found the Shangrz'-La steaming Within sight of Molakai's mountain peaks. Shore-based planes met the Task Group shortly after 0800 for a morning of antiaircraft target practice as she cruised through Kaiwi Channel before rounding famed Diamond Head, southern tip of Oahu. Past Waikiki Beach and beautiful Honolulu, the carrier's topside resembled Ebbet's Field bleachers with an overflow Sunday crowd. Through the submarine nets to landlocked Pearl Harbor, the big carrier thrust a cautious nose in strange sur- roundings as she eased beyond Hospital Point to berth at Ford Island. Under Way again on the 15th, the Shcmgri-La conducted training exercises in the area until the 20th, returning for a final checkup in the Navy Yard before heading for the Realm of the Golden Dragon. Exercises through the month of March raised the total plane landings above the 4,000 mark. Ford Island Ferry.
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