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May 4th, 1942

Brooklyn SAG finds some sacrificial lambs...

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More lambs to the slaughter....Helena SAG scores...these are our two primary pursuit SAGs...can they catch anything else?

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Nagara bounces a few off the armor before being absolutely savaged...torpedo hits but no explosion.

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Two missed sub attacks on lone xaks fleeing north, and an uneventful skirmish with two IJ destroyers, and then this....don't see it too often. 1 shell hit, no torpedo launches.

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Reports are the Brooklyn SAG has retired to rearm...but the Helena soldiers on...but the wiley IJN manage to escape after a brief firefight.

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Early reports of the Brooklyns retiring were mistaken!

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Caught the big girls...

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8" shells are bad for IJN destroyers...

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Bad weather moves in...the Devonshire hardly fired a shot...

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In preparation of a general assault in the afternoon.

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What will we find here...

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Flattops! [X(]

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Fighters do their job...

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Afternoon strike...again, very nicely coordinated.

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We have got flight deck penetrations, as those 1000#s slice thru the wood!

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Look at them all![X(]

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Another attack!

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Another good fight.

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Butchers Bill...

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I am officially baffled by the IJN moves...[&:]