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U.S. FLEET ATTACKS PALAU, NEAR PHILIPPINES; M’ARTHUR’S FLIERS BOMB TRUK; BAG 172 PLANES (3/31/44)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library
| 3/31/44
| Robert Trumbull, W.H. Lawrence, David Anderson, Hanson W. Baldwin
Posted on 03/31/2014 4:34:19 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: milhist; realtime; worldwarii
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To: colorado tanker; BroJoeK
If you think of a warship as a floating artillery battery, you realize how much punch they have. Even a destroyer is equivalent to a battery of heavy artillery. Add the mobility and the ability for rapid firing because of the loading machinery and it’s really no question.
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henkster
(I don't like bossy women telling me what words I can't use.)
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