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Show Moulton Commended On Destroyer Lt. (jg) Wendell L. Moulton, US NR, 22, Delta, Utah, has been commended com-mended by the commanding officer offi-cer of his ship, the desetroyer USS Newcomb, for the part he played when four Kamikaze planes crashed crash-ed into his ship. Raging flames and smoke shot 1,000 feet into the air, and lookouts on other ships thought that the Newcomb went to the bottom. Lt. (jg) Moulton helped direct fire fighting parties until the flames flam-es were brought under control, then he aided in the care of wounded men until his ship reached port. The Newcomb was hit while protecting pro-tecting a group of minesweepers clearing the approaches to Ie Shi-ma. Shi-ma. The ship's gunners shot down three other attacking planes and damaged several more. |