Crisp County GaArchives News.....CORDELE SAILOR FIGHTS ABOARD U.S.S. IOWA 1945
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CORDELE DISPATCH 1945
 ABOARD THE USS 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 
STAGED A DARING MIDNIGHT BOMBARDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL TARGETS ON THIS MAIN 
JAPANESE ISLAND, JUST 70 MILES FROM TOKYO.
 STANDING ONLY A FEW MILES OFFSHORE, THE IOWA HURLED MORE THAN 200 TONS OF 
FLAMING PROJECTILES AT WAR FACTORIES.
 A FEW DAYS BEFORE THIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT IN HER WARTIME CAREER, THE IOWA'S 
BIG GUNS HAD WRECKED THE PORT AND INDUSTRIAL CITY OF MURORAN ON 
HOKKOIDO,NORTHERN MOST 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 1 TO ISLAND CONQUEST OF 
JAP HELD PACIFIC TERRITORY. SHE WAS IN ON INITIAL STRIKES AT THE 
MARSHALLS,AIR  STRIKES AT TURK,THE CAROLINAS,MARIANES,FORMOSA,NEW 
GUINEA,ACTIONS IN THE PHILIPINES, AND AT OKINAWA.

Additional Comments:
HE WAS WITH THE CORDELE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PAINTED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. HE 
DIED OF CANCER, HE WAS THE BROTHER OF MRS. CHARLES T. TURNER (MARTHA MANLEY) 
OF CORDELE.

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