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Maybe it's just me, but I find the tone of the text not quite "encyclopedia" quality. The article reads more like war-propaganda than neutral, historic facts.
I specifically object to terms like
Et cetera. Although I don't (cannot) dispute the accuracy of the events described here, it really has a "we're the good guys, they're the bad ones" setting.
195.64.81.210 13:08, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
DANFS says Navy Cross, his citation is here. -- Dual Freq ( talk) 19:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
The book "Three Minutes Off Okinawa: The sinking of the radar picket destroyer The U.S.S. Mannert L. Abele by Japanese kamikaze aircraft" written by Roy S. Andersen ISBN-13 978-0-9793671-0-6 documents the story of the Abele. Andersen was the electronics officer on the Abele at the time of the sinking, and interviews many of the survivors for his book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.194.68.27 ( talk) 20:17, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
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Maybe it's just me, but I find the tone of the text not quite "encyclopedia" quality. The article reads more like war-propaganda than neutral, historic facts.
I specifically object to terms like
Et cetera. Although I don't (cannot) dispute the accuracy of the events described here, it really has a "we're the good guys, they're the bad ones" setting.
195.64.81.210 13:08, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
DANFS says Navy Cross, his citation is here. -- Dual Freq ( talk) 19:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
The book "Three Minutes Off Okinawa: The sinking of the radar picket destroyer The U.S.S. Mannert L. Abele by Japanese kamikaze aircraft" written by Roy S. Andersen ISBN-13 978-0-9793671-0-6 documents the story of the Abele. Andersen was the electronics officer on the Abele at the time of the sinking, and interviews many of the survivors for his book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.194.68.27 ( talk) 20:17, 14 October 2014 (UTC)