Antietam (CV 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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STRIKE DAMAGE The mission of Task Force 77 was interdiction-preventing the movement of supplies south to the lines of battle. By the time Antietam .arrived on the scene, Communist traflic mana- gers knew better than to send trucks and trains out during day- light hours. Only occasionally was a train caught, usually in railroad yards or hiding in a tunnel. But Antietam pilots pro- vided constant work for railroad and bridge repair crews- 3203 cuts, 102 bridge cuts. LONG AFTERNOON shadow across ter- raced rice paddies is cast by debris of direct rail hit. Other thick lines are road, irrigation ditches. THREE CUTS in anquarter-mile of farmland railroad track. Photo is W yliiii Mmm taken from same altitude from which bombs are dropped, shows divin pilot has slender target. g

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SEVERE DAMAGE to rail lines is indicated by numbers. CID aged, by-pass Q31 was built, was knocked out almost imme- Bridge destroyed, rails cut on both approaches. C21 Locomotive diarely. Below, several near and direct hits have smashed another d . an tender damaged and derailed. With main line severely dam- rail bridge.