Destination's JourneyApr 21, 2024
USS Gambier Bay CVE-73 US Navy Escort Carrier
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USS Gambier Bay CVE-73 US Navy Escort Carrier - Destination's Journey

Photos of the US Navy escort carrier USS Gambier Bay. She participated in the Marshall's campaign; sunk by gunfire at the Battle off Samar

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Destination's JourneyNov 9, 2023
Japanese Battleship Yamashiro
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Japanese Battleship Yamashiro - Destination's Journey

Photographs of the Japanese dreadnought battleship Yamashiro of the Fuso-class. She was sunk during the Battle of the Surigao Strait.

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Show threadospalhSep 29, 2023

»Halsey totally confused everybody.
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(Japanese) CENTRAL FORCE HEAVILY DAMAGED ACCORDING TO STRIKE REPORTS X AM PROCEEDING NORTH WITH THREE GROUPS TO ATTACK CARRIER FORCE AT DAWN X«

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ospalhSep 28, 2023

Oh, this bit.
»I know this book. Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan. Halsey acted stupidly.«
I remembered that the fictional Captain Ramius agreed with Wouk here, but not, what exactly Halsey did.

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