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Show They Strike at Night p,w.Fn.l.,IF..W - ... VP'- -' ' - - Ut -r - - , - - V'-"'1"" Jl .. V i A Japanese warship is moored at nir;ht in the black waters of an island bay waiting to attack Allied vessels. The only-sound only-sound is the lapping of water at her sides and occasional r y.- 1 t) -. " fi high-pitched oriental chatter. A motor roar is heard at the mouth of the bay. Shrill oriental ori-ental orders are screamed aboard the warship as her searchlights knife through the night to reveal a tiny PT boat racing along her port side. Flames suddenly shoot from the huge enemy craft. The PT boat spins around and dashes for the open sea as enemy bullets bul-lets pouring from the burning enemy ship sing around the little battle wagon. But the hail of enemy fire fails to stop the tiny vessel as it dashes back into the protecting blackness black-ness of the night. Another successful PT raid has be- i come history. HERO Lieutenant John D. Bulhhy, who teas in command of the PT boat, which took General Gen-eral MacArthur from Bataan. Bulkley is credited with the torpedoing tor-pedoing of an enemy vessel. COMFEHEXCKItS serious business as the j officers of a Patrol Torpedo Tor-pedo Boat squadron confer con-fer before, going into action. PTs match their speed against the power of big guns. Right: Caught m a Jap searchlight, search-light, a PT crew sends out a smoke screen. ! tH - ' 'A : . . T vt . Nl .. ; V.... -V-'. V , -i Mi7 . , . , I I ! J I i ! r:-;'-U r ' f ' - : -i 1 A I . - :'! ; b-. ". .v' r . ' rt J x . . ? - i ft COVERECEKs f. serious tmsin ess as the " : ' : : ' :s officers of a Patrol Tor- y "., . - s pedo Boat squadron con- t ' f . X fer before, going into ., - : :sv;' ' : action. PTs match their speed against the power , " f of big guns. Right: I - Ssf-;- Caught m a Jap search- V y,- -4 r light, a PT crew sends J. !S'-!ir:..:''. rJ,r, - 'S I out a smoke screen. . ..r ' - ' v-'S.W N t ' i T f . ' ' : . "'' " '' ' ': ' .S.-.- - :-:-:-:L.-;-.j..(; ..-:. . .-. : , . j;.. . . "'. vv: m:.. ' : : .J Parade - H i y f - "At r i N- f t? j zz VIGILANCE is vital. This enlisted en-listed man watches for the dark hull of an enemy ship. MACHINE GUNS often put out Jap searchliglits. Main PT weapon is the torpedo. I QUICK GETAWAY is executed 1 seconds after torpedo is launched. -j T'7.r -T'-n QUICK GETAWAY is executed . seconds after torpedo is launched. , . 't ' A ' :: :"' . . AA.c A . ; 'AAA J ' ; A |