Jim Downey
speaker
621 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
Jim Downey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The white-haired, square-jawed admiral orders his 13-ship task force to change course to intercept.
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To the northeast, Vice Admiral Abe Hiroaki stands aboard his flagship, the battleship Hiai, without any expectation of battle.
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Well, not a sea battle, that is.
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His mission is precise.
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To bombard that same target, those Japanese troops decimated by Sergeant John Basselone failed to reach Guadalcanal Island's Henderson Field.
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Preparatory to a 7,000-man invasion, Abe's battleships, the Hiyai and the Kirishima, are loaded with special fragmentation shells, the kind you want for shredding planes and fuel depots on the ground.
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Not armor-piercing shells, which is the kind of ammunition you'd choose for a close-range brawl with enemy warships.
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In other words, Abe is expecting to shoot fish in a barrel.
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He doesn't know that another barrel plans to intercept him first and to shoot back.
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It's now 1.40 a.m.
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Accompanied by five cruisers and eight destroyers, the Japanese battleships and the 13th Ship American Task Force are charging through the driven rain and waters at a combined speed of nearly 30 knots as Dan's leading vessel, the destroyer USS Cushing, spots two Japanese destroyers at 3,000 yards.
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Five minutes later, at 1.45 a.m., Dan Callahan gives the order.
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Stand by to open fire.
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A Japanese searchlight snaps on.
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It soon falls on the Atlantic.
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The Atlantis gunners waste no time.
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Immediately, they target and take out the searchlight, plunging this instantaneous clash back into a darkness lit only by the explosions of artillery.
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But as they do so, Japanese destroyers fire on the Atlanta.
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Meanwhile, Dan is in an impossible situation.
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His column has sailed directly into the middle of the Japanese formation.
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