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TASK FORCE LEAVES KWAJALEIN, BOMBARDS SAIPAN, TASK FORCE SHELLED Part 1
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1) GV MS Task force at anchor, underway Kwajalein Lagoon, AP, BBs, CL, etc. (Good).2) MS Guard mail transferred from DD alongside.3) MS-Pan Formation planes passes, land aboard CVE.4) LS BB underway, 40MM gun mount FG.5) MS Shell splashes, near misses, 40MM guns fire-SV.6) MS Wave of LCIs underway, fire, fantail CL FG (Good).7) MS Men play hose on 5" turret, put out fire.8) MS Men carry empty ammunition cans-SV.9) LS BB, DD pass, fire.10) LS MS CA underway, shell splashes, some near misses.11) MS OS2U catapulted-SV.12) LS BB fires-SV. LST, LCIs & LCs underway.13) LS Plane bombs Is.14) GV Transport area, LSTs, LCI, LCs.
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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