Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 July 1943 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1943

SHIPS, T00, DIE GALLANTLY IN WAR

Piper Tells Thrilling Story of How the U. S. S. Gwin Survived Jap Torpedoes, Then Went Down

A Hero In Pacific.

By B. J. M'QUAID Copyright, 1943, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine,

ADVANCED AMPHIBIOUS FORCE BASE, Solomons,

July 17. (Delayed) —This is the story of the U. S. S. Gwin. 3

It is the story of how destroyers live in this intensifying adval war in the South Pacific and of how one of them died.

She was one of 72 ships of the Bristol class of 1940-1941. | )

She went into commission early in 1940 and saw considerable, service including anti-subma-rine action in the North

At- ports from shore guns and not one| 3 i surface ship sustained damsge from 3

lantic patrol and Iceland con-| {hat quarter. }

VOV. She pot out to the Pacific in time to be in on Lt Gen. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle’s Tokyo escort

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LONDON, July 21.—The battle of Italy is going to cost Germany the equivalent of 40 to 50 divisions even if the Wehrmacht fails to come to the support of the wavering axis partner. This figure is based on a careful estimate of Italian divisions wRhich previously had been employed outside Italy as part of Hitler's continental defense system. Before the start of the Sicilian campaign estimates indicated the Italians had about 80 to 100 divisions. Until recently only about half of these troops were based in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. The remainder comprised the defense forces in southern France, Jugoslavia, Greece,

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We hunted all paceball park and out to Fairview |made to clear the Rohan capital of | to" he pot ot difficult if the that show sel 1 hbo just been ient long and could not see a park for the band concert on The ornate stone building with some 250,000 surplus inhabitants be | rman must re Ince the estimattplieved of that command by my 0 Thursday nights and Sundays. the bay windows and towers in the fore American bombers again led 20 Italian P rie. “Our last mission was in the sec-| : \ ralivond|c ving there Be t back aboard her & feu ond battle of Kula We werel ate a two<trailer train There |C- A vards and supply depots. 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Richardt and pra —— | “In some manner, one of our de- Go C f F B |ing yesterday were for the purpose Frank L. Moore. [as came round behind us. We | un rews Oo oe S IvouaQc preparing the Italians for the ou dy ever fcertainly had not expected help) | possibility of a curfew throughout “We felt quite certain it was a MUNDA, July 15 (Delaved) (U. p).120 vards ahead. . i Jap warship, coming to polish us| go. American jungle fighters! A sniper fired a shot at us,” Gat- DALE NEWS SUSPENDS * off. y SHE? ton said. “I never was so scared| DALE, Ind, July 21 (U. P).— a . 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