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‘‘But we couldn t shut down. I opened the breech, caught the shells in my hands and threw each one over the side. I didn’t see it but I was told that one exploded as it hit the water. Of course, that may be just a story,” Pond said.

The Chew wasn’t hit by bombs and torpedos unloaded by the Japanese on the battleships although debris from the Arizona explosion rained down on the deck, according to Pond. “But we knew we’d been strafed. We were next to Battleship Row. The Japanese weren’t going to waste any bombs on us but

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