On Active Service
Title
On Active Service
Short Prayers for the Use of Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen
Description
The front page of a prayer book complete with a newspaper cutting about the sea war in the Far East.
Language
Type
Format
One printed sheet and one newspaper cutting
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Contributor
Identifier
MOates1489926-171207-020001, MOates1489926-171207-020002
Transcription
“Let Us Go In”
As British vessels, whipping through a fresh sea, were launching their planes, we could see through binoculars the Americans sending off their bombers and fighters almost faster than one could count.
Breaks in driving cloud disclosed the silver shapes of Superfortresses.
Gunners were at action stations the whole day, expecting that the Japanese might this time be stung into action of some sort, but only reconnaissance planes showed themselves. These were chased off or downed by the Fleet Air Patrol.
Admiral Halsey sent this characteristic signal to ships of this Fleet: “Under the punishment of this foray the enemy will probably strike back. Let us go in.”
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ON ACTIVE SERVICE
SHORT PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF SAILORS, SOLDIERS, AND AIRMAN
A.R. MOWBRAY & Co. Limited
LONDON: 28 Margaret Street, Oxford Circus, W.1.
OXFORD: 9 High Street
As British vessels, whipping through a fresh sea, were launching their planes, we could see through binoculars the Americans sending off their bombers and fighters almost faster than one could count.
Breaks in driving cloud disclosed the silver shapes of Superfortresses.
Gunners were at action stations the whole day, expecting that the Japanese might this time be stung into action of some sort, but only reconnaissance planes showed themselves. These were chased off or downed by the Fleet Air Patrol.
Admiral Halsey sent this characteristic signal to ships of this Fleet: “Under the punishment of this foray the enemy will probably strike back. Let us go in.”
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ON ACTIVE SERVICE
SHORT PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF SAILORS, SOLDIERS, AND AIRMAN
A.R. MOWBRAY & Co. Limited
LONDON: 28 Margaret Street, Oxford Circus, W.1.
OXFORD: 9 High Street
Collection
Citation
“On Active Service,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/37984.
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