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| Keywords: Escaped crew members of USS Quail (AM-15) in Australia in June 1942.jpg en 18 members of the crew of the scuttled U S Navy minesweeper USS Quail AM-15 at Darwin Northern Territory Australia in June 1942 <br>With the outbreak of war with Japan Quail was in the Philippines During the defense of Corregidor she swept a channel providing access to South Harbor Corregidor Her crew then went ashore to aid in the defense of that island Damaged by enemy bombs and guns Quail was scuttled 5 May 1942 by U S forces to prevent her capture Part of her crew Lt Cmdr John H Morrill and 17 others escaped to Darwin Australia arriving on 7 June 1942 after covering 3540 km <br> Standing from left to right are E Watkins L Bercier B Richardson R Rankin R Newquist J Meeker J Stringer C Weinmann and H Haley Kneeling left to right are G Swisher R Clarke N Cucinello G Head J Morrill D Taylor J Steele P Binkley and E Wolslegel <br>Two weeks later 13 of the men were back in the Pacific fighting the Japanese from the destroyers of Commander Squadron 4 Morrill Gunner Taylor and the remaining three men were transferred to duty stations in the United States Binkley was killed in action and another crewman died before the war ended Fourteen of the crew retired with 20 or more years in the U S Navy http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198601 pdf January 1986 p 8 U S Navy 1942-06 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Quail AM-15 Pacific War in June 1942 Darwin Northern Territory in World War II | ||||
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