References:

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1. C. O. USS Alabama letter BB60/A16-3 Serial 0011 of 8
July 1944, to: Commander in Chief, United States
Fleet, Subject: Action Report of Engagements with
Enemy Planes off Saipan, Marianas Islands, 19 June
1944 (East Longitude Date).

2. C. O. USS South Dakota BB57/A16-3 of 26 June 1944,
to Commander in Chief, U. S. Fleet, Subject:
Anti-Aircraft Actions of 12, 15, and 19 June 1944.

3. Commander, Battleship Division Seven letter
A12/FBI-7 Serial 0027 of 24 August 1944, to Commander
in Chief, United States Fleet, Subject: War Diary.
Enclosure (A): ComBatDiv Seven War Diary for period
1-30 June 1944. Index, letter of transmittal and
excerpt: Pages 15 thru 23 includes entries from 1155
on 18 June through to 2055 19 June.

4. USS Alabama Plan of the Day for 21 June 1944. As
re-published in USS Alabama Crewmen's Assoc.
newsletter - "Scuttlebutt" issue of January 1992.

5. U.S. Pacific Fleet, Advance Headquarters, Guam,
Press Release No. 182 of Monday 12 August 1945,

6. "The "Mighty A" and the Men Who Made Her Mighty",
published 1999, excerpt, Wayne Bundy.

7. New York Times of Sunday October 8, 1972, As
re-published in USS Alabama Crewmen's Assoc.
newsletter - "Scuttlebutt" issue of January 1995

8. Mr. Stephens G. Croom, Secretary, Battleship
Commission letter of October 22, 1973, response to
Head, Curator Branch, Naval History Division,
Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. Refers to
"Your file: NHC-CU Ser 09BH/4138.

9. ComBatDiv Nine letter FB1-9/15/00, serial 040 of 26
June 1944 to Commander Task Force 58, Subject: Award
of Legion of Merit; Recommendation of Captain Fred
Durrel Kirtland U.S. Navy for (flag yeoman's day
file copy. 29 August 2002 phone conversation, Mr. Bill
Tunnell, Executive Director, Battleship Park, Mobile,
AL and A. J. Spinner: Date and letter reference
identification on upper left corner of document,
confirmed as"FB1-9/P15/00, Serial 040 of 26 June
1944". As verified to document copy archived on USS
Alabama BB60).

10. Samuel Eliot Morrison letter of 6 December 1974, to
Mr. Stephans G. Croom, USS Alabama Battleship
Commission.

11. Director of Naval History, Washington Navy Yard,
Bldg 220, Washington, D.C. letter of May 10 1975, to
Mr. Stephans G. Croom, Commissioner, USS Alabama
Battleship Commission.

12. Commander, Battleship Division Nine War Diary for
18, 19, 20 and 21 June 1944 Index and two pages, each
with signed approval by Rear Admiral E. W. Hanson.

13. Commander, Battleship Division Eight
letterFBI-8A12-1(1) Serial 073 of 3 August 1944 to
Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, Subject: War Diary
forwarding of, Enclosure (A) War Diary for period 1-30
June 1944. Index, Letter of Transmittal and excerpt
pages 9, 10 and 11 includes entries for15, 17, 18,
19, 20 and 21 June.

14. 17 November 1944 Narrative of a 17 November 1944
interview, Rear Admiral O. M. Hustvedt. USN, Commander
Battleship Division Seven. Two page excerpt pertinent
to 19 June 1944.

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