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the invasion of Saipan. It was becoming routine nowg air attacks, hom- hardments, and more air attacks. Another hattle was fought from l9 to 21 June, the First Battle of the Philippine Sea., during which engagement the famed MMarianas Turkey Shoot occurred. In this action the Japanese Naval Air Force made a desperate attempt to cripple permanently our Pacific Fleet. This attempt ended in total failure when over 400 enemy planes were shot down. Nearly all of the enemy planes were destroyed by our aircraft, but those few that filtered through our deadly carrier plane groups met similar destruction in the anti-aircraft fire of the sur- face ships. The result of this battle was complete destruction of the major Task Force 58 Strikes.
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In January 1944, attached to the famed Task Force 58. the Wasli- ington bombarded Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. Following this, the ship turned east and headed for the states for its first visit home in nine- teen months. Great was the jubilation of her officers and crew as she passed through the Straights of Juan de Fuca into Puget Sound. Six short weeks of leave, liberty, and hard work, another change of command when Captain T. R. Cooley relieved Captain Maher, and again the Wvashington headed west to maintain her record of participation in the Pacific cam- paigns. In May 1944, the Wasliington rejoined Task Force 58 and supported Alcatraz A Entering San Francisco Bay. 45
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Island Air Base. portion of the air arm of the Japanese Imperial Navy. It never recovered. The last of August l9l-L and the succeeding ten months found the Washington a part of Task Force 38 engaged in Softening Upw action preliminary to the invasion of the Philippines and comprised the capture of Pelelieu and Anguar. as well as strikes on the Philippines, Okinawa Jima. Formosa, and the hattle off Cape Engano. There followed rapidly more air strikes and more raids. this time vloser to the BIICIIIYHS strongest pointsg Okinawa Jima. Formosa, and Luzon were again hit, as were tlamranh Bay, Saigon, Hong Kong. Canton. Nansei Shoto. and the heart of Nippon itself W- Tokyo. Un November 16. 1944, Captain R. F. Good 47
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