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Account of the USS Canopus written by Capt. E. L. Sackett

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  • div©d out of the sua on the boats returning from their deadly work* One was shot down by Gtaner's Mat© Xromb, who <ctled at his machine gun while .pouring . bull*ts into the attacking plane, but a salvo ©f bombs crashed all around the leading boat, blowing a hole in it's bottom, Goodoll was badly .wounded in bath feet, bub ordered the .beaching of.the'little boats to save the lives of the m»n still unhurt. Three men had been killed, and four others wounded by the attack, but the survivors improvised crude streatche s for the wounded men, and laboriously cut their way through the j gl® to the road. There a friendly'truck driver gov© them a lift back to. the Canopus and medical care, Th© Naval Battalion had served its pur, ose, and their -work in £0000:2 was don®. Light naval, guns were now being mounted along th , " ma eh in© gunjaests established by the A"iay in order to make further landing atteso by the J- t 2xtr^ -^-, - iralt. However, the' bsoo.h©s..of Corregidor and th© ©t re long, vulnerobli . i guarded. There wer ir.i bat the Jap forces near Manila were preparing for landing operations, so the Naval Battalion soon left us to join the 4th Marines Regiment defending those beaches* Goodoll be ng cut of action for the duringon, our Engineer Officer, Lieutenant Welch, stooped into his place. The Canopus contingent was officially detached and incorporated into th® Fourth Marines.R-gi.ent, but left behind, them.horrible thr® ts describing.what they would do...if the Canopus. should try to leave without thorn, They swore.' that the big .guns-whey, were about to .man would be kept tra n©d enstontly on , the channel, lead t© harbor, ready to blow the Canopus but oi water at the first sign of a treacherous, attempt shorn* Of course they knew that situation was just about..out.of the and any man in either gr.up would gladly-give us his .own place if should give his shipmates a ehano© to. make a,, dash for it."
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