Captured Same (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dan Goncharoff
thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Mon May 17 16:53:38 UTC 2010
None of these, however, reach the level of Napier's "Peccavi"...
DanG
On 5/17/2010 12:46 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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>> A related story...a US submarine captain in the Pacific, supposedly
>> reported
>> a successful attack as "Sighted tanker, sank 'er", in admiration of
>> Ens. (or
>> AMM1/c) Mason's message.
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>> Bill Palmer
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> And after the Battle of Makin, MG Ralph Smith reported a victory:
> "Makin Taken".
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