According to the book, the US Navy was waiting for the "winds execute" message, and they knew what it meant. Much of this was covered in the book, "Broken Seal" by Ladislas Farago in the late 60's. My favorite CT was the one dealing with the bomb in the Arizona's forward magazine, and the connection to the movie "Follow the Fleet", which was popular in 1937...(Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rodgers et alii...) I have to admit that it took the Government some years to say who exactly made the movie of the Arizona exploding, but given the situation in WW 2, I can see how the name of the Army Doctor who made the film was lost.

When I pointed out to one of the CT'ers some years ago, that there was one million pounds of explosives in the Arizona's Magazines, and that there was a sizeable quantity of Black Powder stored there, I was answered with: "They didn't use black powder in WW 2, you must be nuts..." Unfortunately, this person did not know diddley squat about 16 inch Naval Rifles. All of the seperable charge type guns on these ships were using black powder in the smokeless powder charge to ensure ignition, even in the Gulf War...

Dale in Ala

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