Her superstructure all but totally destroyed by hell-bent Japanese Kamikaze, the bloodied survivors of the destroyer Hazelwood refused to give up the ship.
You will not believe how much damage this ship and the crew endured.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
CHOPPERS: THERE HOME AWAY FROM HOME
By the end of the Korean War, helicopters had proved themselves as a new way to bring troops into, or out of battle.
Actually all they needed were ships up to the rigors of round-the-clock operation - ships like the tried-and-true Essex-class carriers.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
SS A. J. CASSATT BECAME THE USS APPANOOSE (AK-226)
The SS A. J. Cassatt ...a Liberty ship started out being built as her name states....but then before she was finished the U.S. Navy stepped in and acquired her.....changed her name to USS Appanoose...and she view the war from a different perspective.
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