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The
personal experience and account of
Andy Judd
(Aviation Ordinance)
We
separated a lot from drifting. The group I was with had about 150
men.
Approximately
6,000 yards away, we could see a cruiser that was dead in the water
and next to it was a destroyer. There also was another destroyer
that would come towards us about half way and we were sure they
would finish us off, but they always turned around and went back
near the cruiser.
The
cruiser or destroyers would shoot at us with phosphorous shells
which would explode in the air and burn us as they would come down.
Then at times they shot concussion shells which would explode maybe
6 to 10 feet under water.
The
first night we heard a loud explosion and saw a large flash in the
direction of the ships. The next morning as daylight approached
we were all looking in the direction and were relieved when the
ships were all gone.
In
our analyzing the situation we figured that the two destroyers took
off the crew from the cruiser . We also figured most of the shelling
had been shells from the cruiser to empty their load and they saved
enough explosives to blow it up.
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