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E 4 Commander E. M. Snowden, Command f er o Air Group 16. The Air Group's outstanding record ' th P in e acific was accomplished under ' his leadership. and ma va warfare had so huge a fleet of ships been concen- trated in one tactical command. The Lexington is proud of the part it played in helping this vast administrative organization to function efficiently and effectively. The Air Department was leaned upon heavily for technical advice. Communications became a more vital and a more complex organi- zation than ever. Lexington Combat Information Center tRadar-Radiol personnel established a repu- tation for dependability and resourcefulness which won great praise from Vice-Admiral Mitscher. The two outstanding articles for Life magazine on carrier war in l944, Task Force 58 and Life Goes to a Party Aboard an Aircraft Carrier, were writ- ten from the Lexington. It is worthy of note that Commander I. R. North, Lexington Gunnery Officer, and Lieutenant Commander I. R. Eggert, Lexington C.l.C. Officer, were made permanent additions to the staff of Vice-Admiral lviitscher. After a warm-u ny. Never before in the history of na l p raid on Mille, the force engaged in a series of operations in great strength against centers of resistance in Iapan's outer empire, apera- tions which culminated in the landings on the Mari- anas in Iune. The fleet was already rapidly ap- proaching the overwhelming size which was to smash through to the homeland itself in little mare i than a year, and Lexington men looked amazement at the comparatively puny operations of even a few months before. back with On March 22 the force moved deep into the heart af Japanese waters to strike Palau, and on March 28 and 29 executed two days of damaging raids, followed by another days attacks on W ticipating a warm reception, all hands were pleas- antly disappointed to meet only a few mild night attacks that did no damage. THE LEX MOVES lN ON TRUK While in Majuro after this operation, Captain Stump, who had commanded the Lexin her commissioning, was relieved on April 10 by Captain Ernest W. Litch. On April l3 the force again sortied to support the Army's landings at I-iollandia. Heavy strikes were flown on D-l day, but it soon turned out on D day that opposition was lightg the force withdrew from direct support, and refueled on the 25th. On the 28th the force turned northward and stabbed at Truk, then the most highly respected Of all enemy island bases. The first fighter sweep had scarcely left the deck on the morning of the attack when two enemy dive-bombers, eluding intercep- tion in the sgually weather, made high-speed TUUS on the Lexington. The ship's batteries, again first in the formation to open fire, accounted for one, oleai. An- gton since V. I.. Prathe. ACMM USN. in char e of lun . 9 P e handling crews in 1943. Every old Lex man will remember Prathe stamping on his hat, or tellin ff g o the Captain: and he will remember, too, the peak of efficiency reached by the flight deck crews under his unique manage- ment.
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t yr!- 4 -. W1 N was 's I2 I! P267 Z Y' 3 o ' rt ff 1, V A r I -..Ani I f A FAST CARRIER TASK GROUP IN ACTION V The U.S.S. Yorktown, as seen from the Lexington, on Dec. 4, 1943, while both were fighting off a lapanese air attack The ship is surrounded by 5-inch bursts, many undoubtedly from Lexington guns. One Iapanese Kate can be seeri flaming in the water cxstern Ito the leltl. Another banks sharply high above the bow. A support vessel. wrecrthed in the smoke ol her own guns, traces a long wake ahead of the Fighting Lady . The next morning the Lexington was hit by a torpedo '
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