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Account of the USS Canopus written by Capt. E. L. Sackett
Account of the USS Canopus written by Capt. E. L. Sackett
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CHAPTER T Japanese warships were reported to b© infesting the waters around th© Philippines, and the Naval Command had decided that no slow auxiliary vessel would have a chance for success in a dash to safer waters. Perhaps therewas still a hope for relief to roach th© Philippines, in which cas© the probable heavy loss of life in an attempt to break thr ugh would not b© justified, Th© men, in no uncertain terms, expr©ssed their preference for taking any chai ces at sea, rather than being bottled up, with a land siege in prospect. But orders were orders, and sine© these in authority did not see fit to assign any great weight to our feelings in the matter, there regained nothing but to make the best of a bad situation and settle down to help make it a good siege while it lasted* Som® sort of protected lvi; g quarters ahore were a a©o©88ity if th© night workers were to get any rest* This problem was partly solved by taking over a large storage tunnel just completed, and ilding in bunks, offie© spac©, hospital aceompedations, a radio and telephone ©ummonicati m center, and sake shift field kitchens for cooking our two meals a day. More than a hundred of the men not having repair duties lived underground there with reasonable co fort, at least after the water dripping frcm bare rooks over- hdad had been trapped and piped to a shower spray, so that baths might at least b® voluntary. Many of the repair fore© slept during the day in this shelter, but most of them scorned the dank air, and preferred to take tneir chances in the wid© open spaces in the nearby hills, where th«y learned to sleep under the shade of tropical trees, leaving a lookout to warn them in time to roll into a fox hole whenever a b mber looked thoreatning. By no means all of our men were in the n ght-owl group. Machine guns on every hilltop were aimed by alert sailors with itchy trigger fingers, just living for th© day when one of th® dirty yellow so and sos would venture lew enough© to give them one good cfeaek at him. This didn't happen often, but those that did forget themselves must have thought they had stirred up a hornet's nest, and not all of them lived to tell the tale. Another watchful group took station wader the shelter of th© quarr's crushed rock storage tanks, where they were near ©nought to make a dash to their beloved ship in case she were hit again, to do what they ©ould to sav© her* . Finally, there were the lookouts and signal stations on th© hilltops, with telephone wires reaching throughout the whole system, to spot marauding planes while still far a^sy, and warn their shipmates of impending danger. These men, with little protection for themselves, kept their binoculars coolly trained on the bo bers, describing th© pictur© to mor© sheltered friends* Few will ever forget those quiet voiees ov©r the earphones, "they are head ng directly over us—their bomb-day doors are open— don't believe they dropped bombs this ti e—-no, here they cor®— looks as if they will hig beyond us* — (more words drowned out by a shattering roar) —the, "lousy shooting, missed us a quarter-mile—must have had their third team in there," Anyone who has stood in the open when those deadly missiles are rushing down toward him, and has hoard th© ominous hiss which announces their near approach, will appreciate the iron control of a man who con keep us a blow-By-blow account • when his next breath may be his last*
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A copy of the account of the exploits of the USS Canopus and her crew written by Capt. E. L. Sackett, USN and forwarded by the Navy Department to Steven J. Owens, father of Samuel Robert Owens. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II. He was a member of the crew of the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), which was actively involved in the defense of the Bataan peninsula until the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. The majority of the crew of USS Canopus, including Owens, were captured by the Japanese at Corregidor, and became prisoners of war. Owens remained a POW until the end of the war and received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his service.
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