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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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US Task Force under Vice Adm. Mitscher crippled Japan's fleet and destroyed 731 planes in battles off Japan from March 18-21, with continued bombing of Okinawa naval base on March 24.
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Mitscher's Task Force Continued Battle Off Japan Two Days
BULLETIN - GUAM, March 24--The Tokyo broadcast today stating American carrier planes are bombing the big naval air base at Okinawa, midway between Japan and Formosa, carrying the assault into the second straight day.
UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, GUAM, March 24. - Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's Task Force of carrier-based planes which crippled Japan's home fleet in its inland waters on March 18 and 19, also bagged 731 planes as sky duels with the enemy's land-based air force raged two more days, the Navy discloses in a communique.
This raised from 575 to 731 the total number of enemy planes destroyed or damaged and also added two more days of action, March 20 and March 21 when the enemy broadcasts repeatedly reported "pursuit" of the United States Task Force continues.
The Navy's communique today gives a definite figure of 200 enemy planes shot down and also 275 destroyed on the ground.
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Okinawa
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March 18 To 21
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731 enemy planes destroyed or damaged, including 200 shot down and 275 destroyed on the ground; japan's home fleet crippled
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Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's Task Force of carrier-based planes crippled Japan's home fleet in its inland waters on March 18 and 19, and continued battling the enemy's land-based air force on March 20 and 21, destroying or damaging 731 planes in sky duels. American carrier planes bombed the naval air base at Okinawa on March 24.