[Porkchop]

***The Japanese also fired upon the Northern Oregon for several hours as the commander of Battery Russell was in Astoria drinking.

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More info here:

https://www.beachconnection.net/news/battruss061912_510.php

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[LonePalm]

On her twelfth and final patrol of the war, USS Barb (SS-220) landed a party of carefully selected crew members who blew up a train, the only ground combat operation in the Japanese home islands.

Barb, under the command of Eugene Fluckey (Medal of Honor and 4 Navy Crosses) is also credited with sinking the aircraft carrier Un'yō.

WWG1WGA

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(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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