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Here Halsey and his carrier forces, under Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, struck with a fury and a complexity of maneuver partially explained by the Navy's announcement that under wizened "Pete" Mitscher were five subordinate admirals, each with his own task group...
...Haul. Hidden under the edge of a typhoon, the fleet bored in. Halsey sent only part of his forces on the deepest mission-to the Ryukyus, 270 miles south of Japan. Hellcats, Avengers and Hell-divers from Mitscher's carriers thundered across the islands in four heavy strikes-1,500 sorties...
...when Admiral Mitscher's airmen swept down on Manila Bay to strike the first historic blow in our campaign to free the Philippines, TIME'S Bill Gray was on the job for you there...
...Since Sept. 6 when I left Mitscher's flagship, I have watched the Palau and Philippine operations from five big carriers, five destroyers, one cruiser, one tanker. During the strike at Manila Bay I was on the bridge. Suddenly the squawk-box warned: 'Four Jap planes closing in,' and our ships moved into tight anti-aircraft formation. Through our ear-cotton the flash of guns sounded like a mad symphony on kettle drums. A Jap fighter made two strafing passes at our stern and got away with it, but a minute later I watched him dog-fighting...
...these devastating attacks against planes and ships Mitscher's force lost 61 planes to enemy action. Once again it was clear that the U.S.'s vast carrier-borne air power was capable of smothering land-based air defenses...