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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1945)
J.S.S. Bunker Hill avedTo Fight Again y Valiant Crewmen A3IIINOTON. Juno 28 (I1) oly wounded iiiul nut aflro by juunucsu auicidu ninnus, mo UOO-ton aircraft currlur inker Kill wan saved to fight fin by a diuigor-flllod inunuu . It consisted of dumping rljourd thousand of gallons flaming giHiolino and loin ul ler from flreflghtlng hose. 'J ho story o( tho Hunker Hill's ileal, which rankud her lecond jly to the Franklin as a surviv- f; casualty of tit Im wiir, win d by tho nuvy us tho ship 111 was undcriiiiliiK repairs nt D Pugct Sound, Wash., nuvy irrl. She win described thnro I tho moat extensively damaged in aver to enter the yard. Tho Bunker Hill wna tho f InK Ip of Vice Admiral Mure A. Itacher, commander of fuat car er tank forcca. For 08 conacc ive days and nliilita her plane v IO doom currying acniruiiiuii : Japancao strong polnta. I8S Caaualtlea While many of nor planes pro aloft, aupporiliiK marine Id army ground uilvancea on klnuwa eurly oitho morning ! May 11, the two aulclde unoa struck wllhln :10 aoconda I turn the Dunker Hill Into tilling holocuunt which coat III cnaunltlea. Including 37:1 lied or deud of wounds, 10 bin Inn. and 2(14 wounded. The flrat aulclde plane raked In fast and close to tho tier. Just before It crashed to 34 planes parked on the !ght deck nrcimrlnu to take It dropped a suo-pound do- layed action bomb which crash ed through tho flight deck and out the aldo of the ahlp, explod ing beforo It hit tno water. Tho enemy plane aklddcd off the duck Into the wator, but lta craah had atartod largo flroi among the parked pliinca. Seconds lulur a alnglo engine Jupaneao dlvo bomber came In from tno atom, dcspiio una irom a five-Inch shell and many smaller projectiles from the car rler'a AA bnttorlea, It dropped a 1)00 pound bomb which pone trnled tho ufler flluht deck and exploded In tho galley deck Juat below. Tho piano craahed on tho flight deck Juat at the base Of tno isianu. Eacapti Injury Admiral Mltacher caconed In Jury, although three offlceri and 11 enlisted men of hla ataff were killed nearby and 20 othcra were wounded or overcome by amoke. Tho aliln waa enveloped Im mediately in flame and flro and o x p 1 o d I n g ammunition swept tho flight deck. Below, tho hangar deck became a fur nuce of burning gasoline fed by fuel from several fuel lines and exploding ammunition from narked planes. But despite in Umso limit and suffocating sinoko, men stood at their posts to ward on furtnor amicus and fiuht tho flames. Tho cruiser Wilkes Barre and the destroyers Stembel, Charles S. Sperry and English moved In to lend a hand. As thousands of tons of wator were poured on tho flames, tho weight of the wator caused the ship to begin to list, and tho naming gun anu on woro iurc lug tho firefighters back against the bulkhoad. On lower decks, men were dying of heat and suf focation. It was then that Copt. Goorgo A. Soltz, Coronudo, Calif., tho Bunker Hill's skipper, decided on the maneuver that mount the difference between life and death for his ship. Carrier Enters Turn The destroyer were ordered to stand clear. With the cruiser Wilkes Barro kcculntt her bow hard against the stricken ship's starboard quarter, the listing carrier went Into a wide, sweep ing 70-dcgreo turn, Gradually at first, and tnen with a roar, tons of water and burning gasoline and oil on the hangar deck sloshed away from the firefighters and poured over tho edgo of the deck into the sea. With renowed Heart, fire fighters resumed their task, and moro than four hours after the aulclde planes' attack, tho flro was under control. Out of dan ger, the ship waa able to pro ceed under her own power. The shin s chaplains, Comdr. Abbott Peterson Jr., former pas tor of First unitarian cnurcn, Ithaca, N. Y and Lt. Comdr. Robert E. Dcloncy, former as sistant pastor of tho Immaculate ConccDtlon church. Tuckahoe. N. 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(De layed) um "The heat and smoke were so Intense that at one time only three out of IS men in our fire room were on their feet," Chief Watcrtcndcr Aaron J. Anderson, Salem, Ore, of the war scarred carrier Bun ker Hill said about work of the crew below decks. Smoke Doured Into the flro room for two hours, Anderson, wiia, wiui men iignung ior ineir lives while striving to keep the boilers going and water pressure for the fire hoses up. "We threw water on the men when they passed out," said An derson, "and then we gavo them oxygen or stuck their noses into air lines. I never saw such a fearless bunch In my life. They volunteered for one job after another, never knowing wheth er or not they were going Into a death trap. Attempts Fall "One man brought back a fel low who'd been overcome by amoke. We gave him artificial respiration for two hours, but we couldn't get him breathing again." Chief Electricians' Mate George C. Rcnken, whoso moth er, Mrs. W. S. Taylor, lives at Toledo, Ore., was unable to reach his battle station through flames and smoke but helped trapped shipmates to safety. Then he fought fires on the flight dock, where more than 30 planes were blazing. "Everything happened so quickly, It's hard to recall now Just what I did," Renken said when he was Interviewed after the flames were put out .- Travel Time Pay Enforcement Tested PORTLAND, Ore,, June 28 UP Tho government called wit nesses today In tho labor de partment's test suit to enforce travel time pay for loggers. Federal Attorney Dorothy M. Williams, San Francisco, told circuit court yesterday that the Smith Woods Products com pany, Coquille, Ore,, has refused to pay loggers for time spent traveling from the company's Coon Creek camp to the logging site. The suit, filed by the wage hour division, department of la bor, asks an Injunction against the firm to halt alleged violation of the fair labor standards act Classified Ada Bring Results. Strong oninlon exists In tho business district that the future. north-south route of u. s. High way No. 97 should go through the central .pan or niarnaiii Kalis, Director John Houston rc nortcd to the chamber of com- merco directors Wednesday noon. Ho said that a route through the business district Is favored over a suggested route by way of California avenue. Houston reported for the retail trade bu reau of tho chamber. Chamber directors . voted, however, to refrain from endors ing any particular local route for highways, pointing out that It has long been a policy of the chamber to work for highway construction In the area and Into Klamath Falls, but not to enter any specific local route location questions. It was pointed out that indiv iduals might well express their opinions to the city planning commission and the highway commission, but that the board preferred to stick to the long ostobllshed chamber policy. No. 07 now passes through tho center of the city by way of Ninth street. Main street and Riverside. Tho discussion relat ed to future routing. The board reversed Its action of last week and went on record In favor of development of a system of airports through a fed eral aid system on the basis of needs, with the states doing the principal planning work. The Klamath Board of Real tors suggested to the chamber that It adopt a resolution oppos- additional public hous- Standard Cleaners has been sold to ; ' ' - I . i 1 "I Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Buckley i ng any ad ing units here unless an uiu'ore seen emergency arises. - This was referred to the housing com mittee and no action was taken Immediately by the board The civic affairs committee was instructed to study the prob lem growing out oi a lacK ot an ambulance for public service in ruamatn rails. 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