Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....MAMLEY, WILIAM RALPH 1945
WWII U.S. NAVY U.S.S. IOWA
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CORDELE SOLDIER FIGHTS ABOARD U.S.S IOWA
ABOARD THE U.S.S. IOWA OFF HONSHU DELAYED
 WILLIAM RALPH MANLEY,28, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS,USNR,WHOSE WIFE ,MRS. JANIE RUTH
MANLEY,LIVES AT 112 7TH AVE,WEST, CORDELE,GA.FOUGHT ABOARD THIS 45,000 TON
BATTLESHIP WHEN SHE AND OTHER 3RD FLEET BATTLESHIPS,CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS TAGED A
DARING MIDNIGHT BOMBARDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL TARGETS ON THIS MAIN JAPANESE ISLAND ,JUAT
70 MILES FROM TOKYO.
 STANDING ONLY A FEW MILES OFF SHORE, THE IOWA HURLED MORE THAN 200TONS OF FLAMING
PROJECTILES AT WAR FACTORIES.
 A FEW DAYS BEFORE THIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT IN HER WAR TIME CAREER, THE IOWA'S BIG
GUNS HAD WRECKED THE PORT AND INDUSTRIAL CITY OF MURORAN ON HOKKOIDO, NORTHERNMOST
OF JAPAN'S LARGE ISLANDS.
 SINCE SHE WAS LAUNCHED, NINE MONTHS AFTER PEARL HARBOR, THE BIG BATTLESHIP HAS
TAKEN PART IN VIRTUALLY ALL NAVAL ACTION IN THE ISLAND TO ISLAND CONQUEST OF JAP
HELD TERRITORY. SHE WAS IN ON INITIAL STRIKES AT THE MARSHALLS,AIR STRIKES AT TURK,
THE CAROLINAS, MARIANAS,FORMOSA, NEW GUINEA, ACTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND AT
OKINAWA.

Additional Comments:
RALPH MANLEY WAS WITH THE CORDELE FIRE DEPT. ND RETIRED FROM THERE. HE IS A BROTHER
TO MRS. C.T. TURNER

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