To: ExGeeEye
Another odd factoid: the first Japanese surface ships sunk in WW2 were sunk by a Marine artillery battery on Wake Island. The 155s were well-hidden, and the crews waited until a destroyer and a transport sailed into shallow water, expecting no resistance.
135 posted on
05/05/2004 5:12:02 PM PDT by
300winmag
(FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
To: 300winmag
USMC Props.
136 posted on
05/05/2004 5:17:31 PM PDT by
ExGeeEye
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