EAGLE BOATS AT ANCHOR IN THE ICE OF THE WHITE SEA
Insets: Rear Admiral James H. Glennon (left); Admiral Kolchak.
THE HALF-WAY HOUSE
The harbor of Ponta Delgada, the naval base in the Azores. Inset: One of the 7" guns at Ponta Delgada manned by U. S. Marines.
CHAPTER XXV
THE HALF-WAY HOUSE
AZORES VITAL IN NAVAL OPERATIONS—"ORION" CELEBRATED FOURTH OF JULY BY DRIVING OFF U-BOAT THAT WAS SHELLING PONTA DELGADA—HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN SHIPS STOPPED THERE ON THE WAY ACROSS—DUNN IN COMMAND OF BASE—MARINES MANNED GUNS, MAINTAINED AERIAL PATROL—SUBMARINES KEPT OFF SUBMARINES.
The Fourth of July, 1917, was ushered in by the booming of American guns, not in the United States, but in the far-away Azores.