Ault (DD 698) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1945

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and then comenced its retirement to Ulithi for a breather. Q TOKYO BAIDS sortie was on February tenth. AULT was pert of Task Grmp under Bear Achirel Sherman :Ln ESSEX, the force now being under Vice litscher, with Adnirsl Spm-usnce es Commzxder 5th Fleet. Iwo Jim about to be taken. To minimize Jap air threat from the north and to 'E create e diversionary threat of our own, the force proceeded directly to Tolqo eree. There was the greatest excitement when that objective use d. To have sailed boldly into the South Chine See hed eeened brazen dnoudn now we were on our way to the very heart of the Empire. The Tokyo ere! hed not hithertofore 'been struck from the see. If we could get euey rlth this, we were nearer the dey of victory than we had dered hope! Amazingly enough, we met no opposition. On the my up to Tolqo, one ,Hep bomber was intercepted end shot down . Following two successive deye of ffitrue. Cer. the 16th end .l.7thJ uh. rem. 1-.un-ed, encountering . group or picket boats on the evening of the 18th. They were destroyed, but HQLDRON sustained damage to her bow, and was detached for repairs. ' The force supported the operations on Iwo Jim beginning on the 19th, lending air cover of both defensive end offensive nature, and on the 25th struck the Tokyo area once more. Heavy weather prevented a further strtke Nagoya, and on the 28th the force commenced a higm speed run towards launching strikes against that stronghold on larch first, then A towards Ulithi. the two weeks at Ulithi, we were grimly reminded how desperately jgere determined to gnssh the fast carrier force that had harraseed ' from one end to the other and, together with American subs, t

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