CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO FIRES
United States Destroyer Crippled (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, December 15 The United States destroyer, Alfred W. Grant, has returned to Pearl Harbour after having been caught between the fires of the United States and Japanese Fleets in the battle of the Philippines. The New York Times says that during the engagement, the destroyer lost her steering gear, the ammunition in her racks exploded and steam gushed into the boiler room. The ship’s doctor was killed and a repair party also killed. The destroyer, with other ships, was on a torpedo mission. Members of the crew said: “We got right in the middle of the line of fire. Shrapnel sprayed the decks and shells landed everywhere.” The battle occurred in the darkness and when the dawn came, other American ships came to the destroyer’s aid.
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Southland Times, Issue 25548, 16 December 1944, Page 5
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