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Arizona Battles and Chicago Recruits in Wartime Drift
The Arizona and other ships take heavy damage as torpedo and gunfire slam through the fleet. In Chicago, Jim Ashby and 20 000 militiamen endure drills and confusion as orders shift to marching east toward New York and possible invasion. Nellie confronts rumors of a sunk fleet while reporters relay sparse official updates.
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Zeus
Bob Wendell
Wainwright
Fegent
Nellie
Garry
U. & S. Arizona
Pee
Bigin
New
York
Washington
Nellie Wendell
Regent
Idaho
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Saas
Arizoria
Jim Ashby
Twentieth Illinois Regiment
Grant Park
Heth Illinois
State Guard
Jim
Connor
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Jack‘park
New York
Long Island
United States
Navy
Ben
Bob
Stone
Paddy Kilbane
Erstwile
Ielder
Cubs
Salem
Regent’s Fleet
Kilbane
Swedy
Swenson