Tennessee (BB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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Everyone breaThed a liTTle easier as Army AirTorce TighTers sTarTed buzzing around. Jap air aTTacks decreased To a greaT exTenT. Previously There had been as many as 4l air aTTacl4s a day, sTrilcing aT combaT ships The beach- head, and The Troops inland. Red l.eTTer Day Tor TENNESSEE FYEGPT -'.' Gcroper 29 when Rear Admiral Chandler TransTerreo his Tlag To The USS CALIFORNIA and announced on 'ne ouarweredeck ThaT The TENNESSEE was going back TO 9 ge' Sound Navy Yard Tor a much neeoed overhai . me o'a'eo ve crew Tor Their gallanT acTEon ara ' nappy leaves in The STaTes. While Tlag personnel wffrf air aTTack developed and rain Tanlcer, Tho Calf and The Bra T. wr-r Too big a TargeT Tor a Jap To miss. Lines were casT oTT and The TENNESSEE sTeamed ouT oT The gulT. PugeT Sound bound. When The Tennessee sTopped Tor one day in Pearl T-larbor aT Ford lsland, where Three years beTore The TirsT Japanese aTTacl4 had soughT To end her career, EleeT Admiral ChesTer NimiTz, Commander-in-Chief oT The PaciTic EleeT, boarded The ship. WiTh all hands rnusTered aTT he inTormed Them ThaT he and The enTire Navy lcnew and were proud oT The record which The TENNESSEE, her ohficersy and men had esTablished. RugeT Sound was The STaTes, The STaTes were home, and home was wonderTul. There was leave Tor everyone. and in every STaTe oT The TorTy-eighT men oT The TEN- NESSEE were wiTh Their Tamilies, Tor The TirsT Time in over cighTeen monThs. LX The Flrsi' Leave Was Welcome

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