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shooting star on starboard beam
(Valetta, Malta)
1930—We are going to Malta on a course that will take us through the Straits of Messina at about 0700 tomorrow morning.
- excerpted from General Quarters Narrative, USS Savannah, September 11, 1943, the Italian Coast
0430—Observed shooting star on starboard beam exploding like a flare.
- excerpted from General Quarters Narrative, USS Savannah, September 12, 1943, the Italian Coast
1910—Entered harbor of Valetta, Malta.
- excerpted from General Quarters Narrative, USS Savannah, September 12, 1943, Malta
USS Savannah (CL-42) Crew Reunion
Savannah, Georgia
(Ships of the Sea Collection)
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