BRITISH CARRIER UPHOLDS BOAST
TOKYO, September 10. When the British aircraft-carrier H.M.S. Glory took over In Korean waters from her sister carrier Theseus, her band played “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better.” Yesterday H.M.S. Glory did something better than any other carrier in Korean waters. In one day she nut 25 per cent, more r'reraft into the air for sorties against lb-' CommrnWs than any other carrier whirii ha« on?r"t«d in the area. Her Furi”? and E'-nflies struck at Cotnmvnist instrilat’ors. knocked out bridges, destroyed gi n positions, and killed scores of so’diers in wide sweeps across North Korea. LaSt night the Glory received th? following signal from the comm»nd?r of the Commonwealth warships m Korean waters: "The tune you played on Vour arrival has been Completely, vindicated.”
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26524, 12 September 1951, Page 7
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