jggiillltp QT i f ' infra y if - f fff isa, it Illllll ll Illllllt , 1 T is f ggi'Wigflifffggrctctt gg ' F-Ly e 'IHI x fsT NlTi , f - gfe- hfx X 2l-24 March '45-The southward retirement continued during the 21st, and the FRANKLIN eventually reached the Brooklyn Navy Yard. On the 22nd the BATAAN reported to Commander Task Group 58.3 for duty. Lt. Comdr. CLANCY led the first strike against the Nansei Shoto on the 23rd. Minami Daito Shima was to have been the taret, but the weather interfered and tiny Okino Daito Shima took the bomb load instead, receiving a new name at the same time-CLANCY's DUMP. Then, on the 24th. the Air Group flew 3 strikes against Minami Daito, the first of a longvseries of Minami Milk Runs. Ensign J. XV. MURPI-lY's TBM was hit by flak and forced to make a water landing. He and aircrewmran E. F. MUEGER, ARM3c, were rescued from their liferaft by King- fishers from the cruiser XVILKES-BARRE. On the same day Oki- nawa got its first strike by Air Group 47, barracks and ware- houses being left in flames. 25-28 March '45--More strikes against Minami Daito and pre-landing attacks on Okinawa. The caves on the latter got their share of attention: they were one reason why it took 90 days to take the island. 29 March '45-A return trip to Kyushu-with Chiran airheld on the south- ern tip the target. LT. HIBBARD shoots down another Judy. 30-31 March '45--Minami and Okinawa again. AA positions, bridges. bar- racks. a factory, a radio station and other buildings are destroyed and airfields cratered. l April '45-The invasion of Okinawa begins. and so does the long series of missions flown in support of the ground troops by the BA- TAAN and other carriers. Wm NN ' is ra.:-461.4 3 April '45-Our sweep of 12 VF over Kikai airfield is jumped by about l4 Japs: 4 Zekes and 3 Tojos are shot down. XVe lose two Hell- cats, with one pilot reported missing. The other. Ensign O. L. SXVISHER, is rescued by the destroyer AULT. The CAP in- creased the ship's total for the day to 10 planes, splashing 2 Nicks and a Tony. 4 April '45-Lieutenant YVHEELER of VT-47 knocks over the le Shima lighthouse with the first bomb dropped. The day before this target had successfully defied the combined effort of 14 of our planes. 6 April '45-Kikai airfield is worked over some more. The CAP gets another Zeke. Page Ninety-two 1, 3
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