Army gunners with Stinger missiles and machine guns were deployed on the roof of the White House and in several nearby buildings, scanning the skies in all directions for any sign of trouble.
In addition, 25 of the ship's crew (including Army gunners) died in the disaster, which represented the biggest single loss of life off the invasion beaches.
The Army gunners with their 'quad .50s' and the Marine Ontos, each with six 106 mm recoilless rifles, quickly responded.
Australian Army anti-aircraft gunners also shot down two Zero fighters and a D3A.
She immediately came under the overall control of the Ministry of War Transport as Motor Transport Ship (MTS) T72, and guns were fitted fore and aft (manned by Army gunners).
Army gunners pounded rebel headquarters at the former parliament building and RPF guns boomed out from the surrounding hills.
Ludmila swore; were Red Army gunners shooting at her again?
Most of the Culver target aircraft were "blasted out of the sky" by Army anti-aircraft gunners but a dozen or more survived and were surplused after 1950.
There are also the remains of Fort Miles, used by Army gunners and coast watchers during World War II.