Show 4 ua vv W EA washington D V C INSIDE HERO STORY behind the award ot at the congles buical medal of honor hanor to 3 31 1 cearold ye year arOld o lit L it corn core bruce mccan mccandless d ass ot of the U S C cruiser san fra francisco cisco is a story alory almost without parallel paralle I 1 in the annals of naval warfare r a inside fact t is that h t shortly h ty belr before he A in was sol S cited cited far for hec heroism no above and beyond the call I 1 11 of duty I 1 in the smashing 1 november ernal 13 S solomons 1 m MC mccandless adlea I 1 laval a al victory victor S ure are whether he would be decorates or ir hauled on an the carpet for insubordination di his citation was one of glittering generalities but here i is s the whole story of what happened d mccandless was on an the bridge a of I 1 th the san Franc francisco isec when it led a spectacular assault between two columns of jap vessels firing pont point blank at both in the roaring 35 minute engagement rear admiral daniel J callaghan com commander mandr of the task force and capt casam C sam young skipper of 1 the sa san francisco were killed as well as other officers out ut ranking mccandless the young lieutenant heu tenant commander lid not notify superior officers on other vessels in the task force of callaghan a death but immediately took command and began giving M orders to the other vessels in I 1 acal agala caghan s name 0 ordinarily rl Y this would wod conna constitute solute a ra rank b breach r arh of 1 disc discipline nine however mccandless acted as he did for two reasons reason 1 he was thoroughly I 1 familiar with the plan of attack having been present at strategy p powwows a of aws callaghan and young wh when it was as mapped out and he feared there might be a slipup sripup in carrying out the daring task maneuver it if the command passed to another ship after callaghan a death 2 it was vital to keep the news of callaghan a death from the japs and they undoubtedly would have intercepted the radio radia communication after the engagement when a friend suggested that hrit he might ight ib be decorated mated for his bri brilliant n g dito leadership mcca mccandless A d is ais quoted 1 isit a as replying that he would be lucky to get off without a court martial however the navy was only anly too glad to give praise where prin praise we was it due MARCHING INTO TOKYO mel maas of minnesota who is both marine corps colonel and can congressman has two momen mementos tiel from the solomons salomon a 50 yen jap note and a 10 shilling note ate of 1 JP jap Ar invasion I 1 money M maas got the money off dead jap soldiers sol diera A the other day he was displaying t to representative gordon canfield of if new jersey and two british WRENS comparable to our WAVES who were having lunch h with C can beld in the house restaurant the WRENS third officers dorothy ar and elizabeth rth gibson were elizabrth cape especially enill in interested created in the yen note which was 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