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Every Moment Mattered – The Life and Death of Cassin Young, Captain, USN MOH Recipient – Chapter Fifteen: If you are in a boat, you are more afraid of fire than you are of water. (Japanese Proverb)

Chapter Fifteen: If you are in a boat, you are more afraid of fire than you are of water. (Japanese Proverb) The Japanese radio station at Iwaki signaled to the Radio Corporation of America’s local station that Yokohama was on fire. The massive earthquake that struck the empire of Japan on September first demonstrated the power […]

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Every Moment Mattered – The Life and Death of Cassin Young, Captain, USN MOH Recipient – Chapter Fourteen: Facing the Far East

Chapter Fourteen – Facing Far East In the 1920’s, the battle between the Navy, Congress and the Executive branch played out in the newspapers and around the globe. The Naval Disarmament Treaty of 1922 expedited the cuts that the professional Navy observers had long feared. Many existing ships were scrapped, new construction slowed to a crawl […]

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