[Ansteorra] Who fired the first shot...
Stephen E. Acker
SteveAcker at satx.rr.com
Sat Dec 8 07:30:30 PST 2007
Greetings all,
In reply, I believe the first shot(s) of WWII in the Pacific Theater came from the USS Ward on anti-submarine duty outside Pearl Harbor. They saw and fired on a Japanese 'mini' sub tailing a ship trying to enter Pearl. A recent expedition confirmed the subs location and the log book entry of the Ward stating a hit from the 5" gun to the conning tower of the sub. Took 'em 50 odd years to verify this...
Joachim
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