Transcription: Even when the going was hardest came the report that the Japanese fleet was coming out and in heavy strength. For the first time it appeared that the Jap would employ the only effective means of halting our advance. To defeat our fleet and smash the amphibious forces engaged in the landing assault. But the Jap was still unwilling to risk his ships in a showdown fight. Instead he launched an air strike from extreme range intending to bomb our fleet and land on the airfields of the beleaguered Marianas. We refuel, rearm and complete the round trip, bombing our fleet again on the return run. They ...
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