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To: SAMWolf
She was a tough ship alright. Two atom bombs couldn't sink her.

From the book Operation Crossroads: Another group of sailord boarded the target destroyer Hughes just one day after [shot] Baker. "Out of the four hours we spent on her," recalled one of them, "two were spent vomiting and retching as we all became violently ill."

15 posted on 01/09/2003 7:32:32 AM PST by aomagrat
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To: aomagrat; SAMWolf
Thanks for the posts everyday, aomagrat. Did you happen to see the unsinkable fortress Sam posted about yesterday? Amazing!!! And it is still floating? Wow.
22 posted on 01/09/2003 8:34:20 AM PST by MistyCA (It's a state of mind.......)
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