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To: pabianice

Send in the 'small boys' to soften up that beachead with some 6" naval fire.

11 posted on 09/01/2005 11:13:35 AM PDT by johnny7 (“And now, little man, I give the watch to you.”)

To: johnny7

Amen brother.

21 posted on 09/01/2005 11:17:12 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican

To: johnny7

Send in the 'small boys' to soften up that beachead with some 6" naval fire.

On a small boy like USS PATTERSON (FF-1061) we did NGFS with a 5 inch/54 caliber gun. I could still put nice holes in the ground with it though.

113 posted on 09/01/2005 7:58:03 PM PDT by jimfree (Small boy ships are still "she")

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