Identifier: belltelephonemag23amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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Scratch one flat top! The Japanese carrier Ryiikaku, hit and exploding inthe Battle of Coral Sea second timing. Directions to theships from the convoy commodore byHag signal were often misunderstood;using radio telegraph is an invitationto every submarine within hundredsof miles to come jump on the convoywhile it is least able to take care ofitself. But these days the convoycommodore can go aloft in a blimp orplane and, opening up his short-range battle or even an American defeat butfor this. Consider the situation on thatmorning of June 4, 1942. The Japshad violently attacked the island, andplanes from Midway had counter-attacked the Jap fleet, damaging someof its vessels. Their carriers hadturned away under cover of an over-cast to refuel planes. Our own car- 28 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING riers had flown-off their attack groupsof torpedo- and dive-bombers but,thanks to the Jap movement and theclouds, these were hunting for theenemy in vain, all but one group—thefamous Torpedo

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