Introduction

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Pictures

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Battle damage at Vella Lavella O'Bannon after repair at Mare Island, California The Japanese battleship IJN Hiei
Crews Quarters Hard luck ship -- USS Gambier Bay The Japanese battleship Kirishimi
Battle at Alligator Creek The USS Wasp goes down The USS South Dakota Damage
Admiral Yamamoto The USS Quincy goes down Japanese Submarine I-1
USS O'Bannon Log View on the bottom of Iron Bottom Sound Stern view of destroyer at sea
Those Crazy Pilots US Sailors on the streets of Tokyo Bathing on Guadalcanal
Henderson Field View of a destroyer on the bottom The Movie "Guadalcanal Diary
Henderson Pilots Captain of the USS O'Bannon Huertgen Forest View One
Henderson, as it Was Kamikaze Huertgen Forest View Two
Comic Book Heroes Hard luck ship -- IJN Shinano Huertgen Forest View Three
Japanese Prisoners The sub that sank the IJN Shinano Sleeping Accommodations 
PT 109 Lieutenant John F. Kennedy The USS Hoggatt Bay Author in Australia 
Louie the Louse Equator Crossing on the Hoggatt Bay Author in 1944 in Philly 
The USS DeHaven on top of the waves King Neptune Author in the year 2000
The USS DeHaven on the bottom Pollywog Tank Scorpio
DeHaven Survivors One Destroyer Squadron 21 Japan Surrenders
DeHaven Survivors Two Admiral Lee and Admiral Kondo We Finally Made It