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If we do go to war, psychological operations are going to be absolutely a critical, critical part of any campaign that we must get involved in. -- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
Pearl Harbor Attack, USS Minneapolis (CA-36)(201 total words in this text)(2986 Reads)  U.S.S. Minneapolis December 13, 1941 From: Commanding Officer. To: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Subject: Offensive Measures on Seven December. Reference: (a) Cincpac Confidential despatch 102102 of December 1941. (b) Cincpac Confidential despatch 072230 of December 1941. This vessel was in operating area during action of seven December. No contacts were made with the enemy. Upon the first intimation of the attack this vessel went to General Quarters and immediately raised steam on all boilers and cut in same on main line. The antiaircraft battery was kept fully manned and the ship in condition Yoke. An air search was conducted covering sector 150? to 180? to 150 miles from Pearl Harbor in accordance with reference (b). This vessel investigated enemy contacts reported to southward of Oahu as directed by Commander Task Force EIGHT and reported negative results to him. This vessel joined Task Force ONE upon completion of its sortie from Pearl Harbor. [signed] F.J. LOWRY. Copies to: Comscofor Comcruscofor Comcrudiv SIX |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
