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The Execurive Oiiicer was born in Fori Worih, Texas, on 26 May I906. Aiier co'-pie+ing public schools he a'H'ended a junior branch of Texas A 8: M. lor one year prior io enlering 'rhe U. S. Naval Academy in ?925 where he gradualed in l929. His iirs+ assignmeni was aboard 'rhe USS UTAH, followed by duiy on We AREZONA. ln I93I he a'H'ended flighi' iraining ai' NAS Pensacola, 'ecefving his wings in l932. He 'then served on ihe old LEXINGTON, WASP and ENTERPRISE. The ourbreak of fhe war found him ai ihe Naval Aircraii Faciory in Ehiladelpl-fa. He remained 'rhere uniil December I942 when he was ordered io 'Phe Alaskan Secfor. From Alaska he wenf fo Carrier Division oi Task Force 58. Then he was assigned fo a force parfaking in ihe occu- prion of fhe Wesiern Carolines. Comdr. Hogle reporied aboard ihe SARATOGA on 25 February 1945 as Execuiive Officer. He holds ihe Legion of Merif for operafion in Task Force 58, a Bronze Slar for fhe assaulf and occupaiion of ihe Wesfern Carolines and a second Bronze Sfar for operafions in 'lhe Aleuiians. x A .. X N i . .. X X s. - A CAPTAIN FRANK AKERS, U.S.N. A naiive of Nashville, Tennessee, ihe Commanding Officer of ihe Saraioga is a veieran of 27 years of naval service, 20 of ihem in naval aviafion. Aiier his qraduaiion from ihe Naval Academy in I922, he served on ihe USS SUMNERS, a four-slack desfroyer, as engineering officer. Compleiinq his Pensacola iraining in I925, ihe young navy flyer served on fha NEVADA, LANGLEY and LEXINGTON. As a member oi VF-I, he look pari in early carrier irials on ihe LANGLEY and, in VF-5, helped commission ihe old LEXINGTON. From ihe iime he earned ihe Masier of Science degree in elecirical communicaiions af Harvard, Capiain Akers' career has been marked by much experimenial work in aviaiion radio communicaiions. For experi- menis on 'lhe LANGLEY in I934, he was awarded ihe D.F.C. Under Admiral E. J. King, he was communicaiion officer for ihe air- craii base force. Afier a iour oi duly in ihe Bureau of Engineering, he became commandinq officer of fhe George E. Badger, aviaiion iencler, in I939. Perhaps his mosi memorable duly was as navigaior for Capfain M. A. Miischer on ihe old HORNET in I94I-I942, a period which in- cluded 'ihe Doolifile sirike on Tokyo. Commander Akers leii The HORNET +o head +he Aircraii Radio and Elecirical branch oi ihe Bureau of Aeronauiics, and in April, I94S, he relieved Capiain L. A. Moebus as Commanding Ofiicer oi ihe Sara. ' '-'-v-n-....,,-,- Ili- .. cowxwuxrunnmo f si-'lcaas HARRY E. YARNELL IOHN HALLIGAN . FREDERICK HORNE F. H. MCRARY . . A. H. DOUGLAS . GEORGE STEELE . R. F. ZOGBAUM . K. N. WHITING . WM. F. HALSEY, IR. IOHN H. TOWERS A. C. READ . . . R. P. MOLTEN . . lDied aboard1 A. H. DOUGLAS . A. M. PRIDE . . . D. C. RAMSEY . . G. F. BOGAN . . E. A. CRUISE . . . . CAPT . CAPT., . CAPT., . CAPT., COMDR., . CAPT., . CAPT., . CAPT., . OAPT., . OAPT . CAPT., . OAPT., . . . CAPT., COMDR., . OAPT., . CAPT., COMDR., 'I USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN USN HENRY lvl. MULLINNIX ...... CAPT., CLater killed in action aboard the U.S.S. Liscombe Bay1 USN 1OHN H. CASSADY ........ OAPT., USN T. U. SISSON .......... CAPT., USN L. H. HUNTE . . . OOMDR., USN L. A. MOEBUS . . . OAPT., USN FRANK AKERS . . . CAPT USN November 16, 1927 September, 1928 April, 1929 September, 1930 May, 1932 Iune, 1932 lanuary, 1933 Iune, 1934 IulY, 1935 Iuly, 1937 Iuly, 1938 March, 1949, April, 1940 April, 1942 May, 1942 October, 1942 March, 1943 April, 1943 August, 1943 Iune, 1944 Iuly, 1944 August, 1944 April, 1945 September, 1926 April, 1929 September, 1939 May, 1932 Iune, 1932 lanuary, 1933 lune, 1934 lime, 1935 lune, 1937 luly, 1933 March, 1949 April, 1949 Aprii, 1942 Mow, 1942 October. 19432 March, 1943 April, 1943 Auqust, 1943 June, 1944 luly, 1944 Auqusi, 1944 April. 1945 0 , I 0 f N Su-X fx O Dir We call our ship Sara. Sure, it's a girlfs name, but don't let that fool you. She packs a terrific wallop! Her age makes little difference, but-just for the record-she isn't young anymore. Act- ually she isn't quite eighteen, but that is rather old for a ship, so some people call her The Old Lady. We don't mind, you understand, because it's a pet name and used with proper respect and admiration. Some say she was lucky to be one of the three pre-war aircraft carriers to sur- vive World War ll. We know it was more than thatf She was lucky, but behind that luck was teamwork and de- termination. Men shed blood in her de- fense and many gave their lives. Not willingly, of course, but like any other young, red-blooded American-fight ing! Our Saratoga is the fifth ship to bear the name. The first, a small sloop-of-war mounting 18 guns, distinguished itself in the Revolutionary War and was lost in a storm at sea. When Commodore McDonough fought the decisive Battle of Lake Champlain, the second Sara- toga, a 734-ton sloop, was flagship of his fleet. Later, the sturdy vessel was sold by the government. V Saratoga lll was a l,UUO-ton sloop mounting 22 guns. She accompanied Commodore Perry's expedition to lapan and thus was one of the first American ships to sail into Tokyo Bay. Next in the gallant line was an 8130- I . Wt' it ,. 31' 'TT J its fir!-- L ' J Qrff- . .9 X P li P Ns J ton armored cruiser which served as Admiral Sampson's flagship during the Spanish-American War. The might and power of our Sara would dwarf that of all previous Sara- togas combined. But, the inspiration of a fighting tradition was handed down to their namesake and kept alive in manifold measure by Saratoga V- Sara. Originally designed as a battle cruiser during the first World War, she was converted to a gigantic aircraft car- rier as a result of the London Disarma- ment Conference and the Washington Treaty. Her keel had been laid as a battle cruiser as early as l92O. Most of her underwater armor was retained in the conversion process, as Well as her turbo-electric engineering plant, the largest marine unit in the world. Launched in l925 at the New York Ship Building Company's Camden yard, she was put in commission November l6, l927. Officially she was designated CV-3. The old Langley was CV -l, and Sara's sister, the old Lexington, was CV-2. Captain l-larry E. Yarnell, the first skipper, guided her through the Pana- ma Canal to her new home on the West Coast. After trials and experiments she joined the Pacific Fleet in 1928. During peacetime years she pio- neered in the development of Naval Aviation. Experiments conducted on her expansive flight deck proved the power of the aircraft carrier as a new weapon of war. Sara and the old Lex demonstrated our Hawaiian bases were vulnerable to air attack by pre- viewing the Pearl 1-larbor disaster in 1935 during the fleet war games-six years before the laps proved the theory! When commissioned, Sara's official- ly announced displacement was 33,000 tons, but much has been added since 1927. We,who manned her guns in bat- tle,, launched her angry planes on countless strikes, swabbed her decks, cooked the chow, and performed nu- merous other vital tasks, will remember her as the largest warship in the Pacific -Queen of 'em all! No carrier could match her fighting weight of over 50,000 tons, and not even the newest battle- ships could compare in length, for Sara's rare teakwood flight deck meas- ures over 909 feet. We're proud of those figures. We are proud of her trim, grace- ful lines, too-like a greyhound. But, we are proudest of her record of achieve- ment in battle, and the dull, unspec- tacular tasks she has performed in the line of duty. lust out of the Navy Yard, she was tied up to the dock at San Diego when Pearl 1-larbor was attacked. She broke all rec- ords for provisioning ship and put to sea the following day. Arriving at Pearl the 15th of December, 1941, amid the ruins of the Pacific Fleet, Sara was given the critical assignment of delivering Ma- rine fighter planes for the beleagured defenders of Wake Island. ln less than 24 hours she was underway with the precious cargo aboard. Those planes never reached their ob- jective, however, because Wake fell December 23rd with Sara only 'one day's cruising distance away. They were transported instead to Midway, where later they helped repulse a seri- ous Iap thrust. Since the International Dateline was crossed enroute, two Christmas holidays on successive days were spent at sea. Following a return trip to Pearl 1-larbor for more planes and provisions, the ship spent the early part of lanuary, 1942, patrolling the sub-infested waters west of the Hawaiian lslands. The Sara and her planes watched for enemy sur- face craft as well as underseas marau- ders. OFF DIAMOND HEAD ' . Early at night on the llth of Ianuary as Sara was silhouetted by Venus 400 miles west of Hawaii, a Tap submarine managed to sneak into the formation and launched a deadly torpedo which struck the port quarter with a blinding flash and terrific explosion. Columns of water and oil shot skyward as high as the smokestack. The Cld Lady had suf- fered her first battle scar! Six men died as a result of the tor- pedoing. Fortunately, the engineering plant was not damaged, so she was able to steam to Pearl Harbor under her own power. There a temporary patch of steel was applied to her ruptured skin, and she was sent to Bremerton, Wash- ington, for repairs. Almost three months were spent in the Puget Sound Navy Yard. Perma- nent repairs were made and a thorough modernization was effected. Light anti- aircraft weapons were installed and gun sponsons added. Late in May, 1942, Sara docked at San Diego and loaded planes and sup- plies aboard. The Battle of Midway was pending as she sped west toward the combat zone. lt was a fearful juncture in the war. The Allies despaired at the heavy toll of shipping in the Atlantic, at the sustained successes of Rommel in Africa, and at the overwhelming armor ., ,.... .........,..,.. .,,..., .....,-..... - .. v. --...,... -- .,.. ,W H , A Y .W ...A Y- - ---'-A--r r' 1:1-' 1, ' THE NEW TBF FIRST LAUNCHED FROM SARA'S FLIGHT DECK IN JUNE I942 of the German Army slashing across to Crimea and into the Caucasus. ln the Pacific, we looked with dismay on the fall of l-long Kong, Singapore, the Philip- pines, the East lndies, the threat to Aus- tralia and India, the presence of enemy garrisons in the Aleutians, the immi- nent invasion of Alaska, Midway, Ha- waii. The Lexington was at the bottom of the Coral Sea, and no man could say where the next grievous blow would fall. ln less than 24 hours at Pearl Harbor, the Sara loaded replacement planes for U. S. carriers staving off the Tap fleet at Midway. lncluded were a handful of the new TBF's, replacements for famed Torpedo Squadron Eight. Sara thereby had the distinction of being the first car- rier to launch the new Grumman Plane, which soon became the standby of the fleet. Arriving too late. actually to engage ..........-....-......., the enemy fleet she was given credit for helping disperse its battered and de- pleted remnants Our losses were cost- ly too as the carrier Yorktown had been sunk Early in Iuly Sara set out on a record 62-day cruise which saw her aerial might used to great advantage in the flight of SBD s that demolished lapa- nese defenses at Kukum Sara-based Torpedo Squadron Eight led by Lieu- tenant Larsen attacked installations on Florida and Malaita Islands while Commander Shumway s flight hit Bin- gana and Tanambogo Such targets as communication centers and supply dumps were bombed for two days as I 1 n I U 1 l I l . . . - 1 , . . I I I . . - . 1 I I I I I I - . . . I I . . . . . 1 invasion of Guadalcanal-Tulagi and the first phases of the Battle of the East- ern Solomons. ln company with a large invasion task force she steamed south- west from Pearl as flagship for Vice Ad- miral Frank lack Fletcher. Brief exer- cises were held off Koro Island in the Fijis before the entire assault group moved west for the first U. S. offensive campaign. Sara had a major role in the historic amphibious operation at Guadalcanal. August 7th, l942, was D-Day for our landings and the beginning of the long, costly struggle to roll back the terri- torial gains made by imperialistic Iapan in sudden, treacherous assaults and quick victories. Many a battle- weary Leatherneck was grateful for Sara's planes and expert pilots. Lunga Airfield Clater renamed Hend- erson Fieldb was smashed by her bombs, and Bullet Lou Kirn led a the Marines poured ashore and fighter planes strafed the laps in their foxholes. The Nips sent a large group of bombers and fighters from Rabaul, but this for- mation was broken up in furious dog fights. TANAMBOGO TULAGI August 24th, 1942, was another busy day for Sara and her planes as heavy enemy surface units moving down from the north were intercepted and at- tacked with considerable success. Con- servative estimates credited Sara's planes with sinking a Nip carrier and a large destroyer. Two enemy cruisers were badly crippled by torpedoes and a battleship, bombed. While portions of the enemy fleet were under attack, other lap carriers launched planes against the U. S. task force, including the Saratoga and En- terprise. Our fighters defended relent- lessly, but some of the laps succeeded in breaking through the fighter screen and anti-aircraft fire to score damaging hits of the Big E. The Enterprise took the brunt of the attack and Sara, only lU OOO yards away was unscathed From that day on Sara wa called lucky by the Enterprise and the two crews carried on an unrem tting if ward The recapitulation showed 26 lap planes destroyed in addition to the ships sunk and damaged Sara con tinued to aid her crippled sister carrier good-natured, feud from that day for- LUNGA AIRFIELD, GUADALCANAL, AUGUST I942 LATER RENAMED HENDERSON FIELD fglsx sb Q fl Q- K A X X X Q L 1-L.xxii35X K . - Ni LX :mx N N ,X a+.. Q DQS -v,.,,,,., , QQ, ,,,..N fn M. ,ul 0 ,, ,ff Cffff ' r -Q ,, I .',,',.:, TROOPS LANDING ON FLORIDA ISLAND, 8 AUGUST I942 X ' A ALMA in H W.-,K --M---,M,--'W-'rr- W' I HJ ! 'Mr ,Q V Lg M Q, f .w.M.4-N-Mfvf .mfg W , I I 4: 1. V3 I I .. I I A lx: I1 5 S 2' S II M ' 'T' ' 'ihjzg . , ' . : Onyxxx - - 4 SOUTH OF CAPE ESPERANCE, GU ADALCANAL, 7 NOVEMBER I942 I B E l by tanamg ig p anes aboard as welt as her own--many long after dark One week later, in the dangerous waters off the Solomons another sub- margt Ie fired a salvo of torpedoes at the urzsuo I ting Sara Une h1t the star- boar 4 or I 1, rter with a dull exploslon and caused extensive damage to the engi- neering system and electrical circuits lt was tust after sunrise- the men had left thelr general quarters statrons F or- tunately no one was kllled but the shlp was crlppled badly and she soon lay dead ln the water whlle eng1neers worked frantlcally below decks trylng to reparr the damage The crulser Mmneapolls came along- slde and proceeded to tow The Old Lady untll power was re-establlshed Next day a tug took over the task and towed her toward the Tonga lslands For several days Sara lay at anchor ln Tongatabu s Nukualofa Harbor where flotatlon compartments were flooded to grve her a port llst Wlth the starboard srde elevated 1t was possrble to make a complete lnspectlon of under- water hull damage After temporary re- palrs had been made she returned to Pearl Harbor Navy Yard SARA WITH A 9V2 DEGREE LIST AT TONGATABIU fsgjgta I , A 355136 .r.. i Y,jQ ' Eg'XfA ,Lt j f ' nf Q, A -5 WHILE REPAIRING DAMAGE FROM TORPEDO HIT I I I I I I ' I I 1 I I I I I I ' I EMS , I I I I . - 0 I . I I I QYX 'Y :s,9c I , , 'T N ,W I l I ' I h an he va L I Il I ll I I I . . , , I X X X X X X X X XX XX XX X X Iv Y W My Until Sara's men poured ashore on liberty at Tongatabu, the islands were unspoiled by the traffic of commerce. But the shrewd native traders soon learned the value of U. S. currency. Presently it was one dollah or five dollah for every sort of Polynesian gim-crack. One sailor, coveting an especially handsome string of native beads, produced an old pipe which he offered in exchange CAmerican cur- rency had soon been exhausted at the exorbitant prices being askedl. This pipe belonged to the president of the United States, said the Yankee trader. A few days later, when the ship was on the way back to Pearl, another Sara- man produced the same pipe and ex- claimed, This pipe belonged to the King of Tongatabul CAnd speaking of royalty: the native queen had taken to ifflf .- IQ -1' -st 'Qi,'gT ' I ,M N 51 ' T .- A r . ' - T ft r ii. . the hills, with all the island beauties in tow, when the ship stood into the har- borl. While in the Navy Yard, Captain De- Witt C. Ramsey was advanced to Bear Admiral, but retained his flag aboard. Captain Gerald P. Bogan became the new skipper. Slightly over a month was required in the Yard and in November she was once more ordered to return to the South Pacific. Enroute Sara stopped at Nandi, Vita Levu lsland in the Pijis, for several days before continuing to the Solomons. ln Nandi, the light cruiser San luan re- ported for duty with her. Early in December, Sara reached Noumea, New Caledonia, headquar- ters of Admiral l-lalsey, and the air group was temporarily detached for a few days' duty at Tontouta air strip. During the next six months, she pa- trolled the waters of the Southwest Pa- cific, keeping open the supply line to Australia. Por several months, she was the only serviceable carrier we had left. Intermittent attacks were launched against Munda airfield, Kolombangara lsland, and the lndispensable Reefs. Most of these strikes were diversionary missions to cripple Iapanese installa- tions and prevent any attack in force on our newly-won South Pacific bases. While operating in and out of the har- bor at Noumea, Sara and the San Iuan established recreation ashore. Ducos Cove was levelled, scrapped, and re- named the Sara-Iuan Beach Park. Ath- letic fields were built and clubs were erected for the officers and men. Excel- lent barbecue pits provided the locale for many a division steak fry or beer bust that rivalled peacetime picnics in the states. ln May, l943, Sara was joined by l-l.M.S. Victorious-first British carrier to arrive in the Pacific theater.-This pleas- ant association was continued through lune and Iuly with an impressive array of battleships, cruisers and destroyers supplementing the two carriers in pa- trol operations in enemy territory. 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'V ,VV 4, ,I , V- V3 I X I VI , ,M V I X , C, II I, V7 V ,, 4 ,, ,, 4. - 11- II . ., I .II,I, IIII I X-- V It 'N yXXX..gSx XV I Ae- - H 9 V4 51 'un' E R 4 Z Q! ,f Q Q f , Z i , 2 .5 ,Q 11, ' Q gf Wy 'M Q, IW-'21 , . ,, , f 56,35 If ,X -I IQ X W - 1 4 f Q! f ,, f X ff X 1 X - f f ' ,ff - N Q 1 f 3 z f f vw ' 4 X I 2 Q f f f jr ,M Q fy W2 f V - ' . X ., y J, x X I 6 4 ff? N Q ' X X 3 ' Q . X xm I fy ff SOUTH PACIFIC INLET wAX ' ix .Mm 8 YQ 1 -,S '--N. N WW, H.M.S. VICTORIOUS IN NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA WITH Ducos cove IN BACKGROUND CARETAKER'S SHACK - la' BEER LINE SARA lUAN SEAC PARK, NOUMEAQ NEW CALEDONPA Y xii' 4 fit' Ducos Cove, reads fhe char?-a shore- fronf properfy on fhe unimproved side of Nournea. Rechrisiened Saraiuan Beach by the Sara and her boon companion of SoPac days, fhe cruiser San Juan, rhe Cove soon w. ii ii wfvxsf Ak Xkibxisfx - X X X K ff SXXQ . YQ X .. '- . , k i X Xi-ii-if is ' -s 3 4- is if R.. ' i - , 1 if 'iw A . 'hs f .. -X X -H, 1 X g T.-ease-QNQLXX -X 1 f' , . 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Here engaged 'rhe proragonisfs of many a iorrid foofball game. And i+ was here fha? our Briiish allies from 'rhe good ship Vic- +orious were infroduced 'ro 'rhe delighis of American beer and sofrball. I9 We ,1 ,,,,' 525 1 1 1 E l W SARA C.P.O. ENTERTAINS ENGLISH VISITOR AT THE CHIEFS' CLUB W M. M,,.....,,,. .,,. ,,.,g,.,,.....,,-Uh. ..,., if ...A .mi SARA mem AND H.M.S. vlcToRuous AT NOUMEA. New CALEDONIA ln late October, l943, Sara twirl r by a new light carrier, the gg and departed from Espiritu 513: ll , ig , if the airfields ot Bulca ana TICIQQS northern tip of Bougainxzle ff, sion Was planned to CGCffZlif', 't't A taclcs against lap airtieias zffgi , fa ings being rnade on Bog -2 N' Empress Augusta Bay. lf' or the first two Clays g:1 - L Sara and the Princeton iiizf assaults on Buka ana 5:1145 1 ing so close to shore EC lapgii ite.: that the twin iielols alibi 1 ' '- from the ships. CAPTAIN JOHN H. CASSADY USN BUKA AND BONIS AIRFIELDS, NOVEMBER I943 'P' Mwnmw, I - . .7 , f--' , A SARA FIGHTER GETS A JAP DINAH IN HIS GUN SIGHTS - I ' SPLASH Breaking off hurriedly from the two- day strike, because of new orders from l-lalsey, Sara headed south of Bougain- ville to a point near Vella Lavella. lap heavy cruisers and other warships had been reported crowding into Simpson l-larbor, the heavily-defended port at Babaul on New Britain. Since the enemy force was a distinct menace to the troops fighting on Bougainville, Bear Admiral F. C. Sherman sent all available planes from Sara and the Princeton to surprise the foe. he spec- tacular raid of November 5th,-l943, was probably the outstanding day of Sara's glamorous career. Plane after plane swept in over the 'targets at Babaul, a fortress believed to be well out of the range of U. S. naval forces until that day. Air Group Twelve, led by Group Commander l-loward I-l. Caldwell, had one of the best air group records of the war after that strike. Many tons of bombs were poured on the writhing, twisting warships in the harbor as they headed for the open sea. Torpedo bombers, following close -upon the dive- bombers, had a field day, while Com- mander Iumpin' Ice Clifton, with his squadron of Fighting Twelve, engaged swarms of Zeros upstairs, Almost 50 lap planes were destroyed by the fight- ers, and lO2,000 tons of lap shipping were sunk or badly damaged. Lieuten- ant Commander lim Newell, Comman- der of the bomber squadron, and Lieu- tenant Commander Bobert Farrington, Torpedo Squadron Twelve, led the bombers and torpedo planes which damaged eight heavy cruisers. At least two of them sank in the harbor. A num- ber of destroyers and merchantmen were also among the victims. The entire action is summed up in a remarkable combat photograph, hailed COMMANDER H..H..CALDWELL as the finest of the war until that time Cpublished December, l943D. The picture shows the slitherin-g wakes of surprised Japanese ships making a desperate dash for the open sea from the trap of Simpson Harbor. lt was the last picture taken by Paul T. Barnett, Photogra- phers Mate First Class, photographer in the torpedo plane of Group der l-loward l-l. Caldwell. The der's plane had been riddle-ci in a furi- ous assault of enemy fighters Bar- nett, wounded in the hand :ever missed an opportunity with his camera. Seconds after his greatest picture was snapped, he was killed. if P. T. BARNETT vuovoeauuers une mast CLASS tw? :.L H . -iuii-f A A 'K f,fz,7V,M f f NX-XX XX X ff? ,, f f XXX .. X -X .XXX - -XXXX X1 5 X X X XXX-Xiw Z 2 w W 2 i WE COUNT THE PLANES WHEN THEY LEAVE . . .AND WHEN THEY COME HOME f 26 1 1 , T i' . COMMANDER CALDWELL LANDED ABOARD ON ONE WHEEL CROWDS GATHERED TO HELP THE VICTIMS COMMITTAL SERVICE FOR P. T. IAIHEU' ?' T T f AT 3 T.LL -L , ! . A4 x 1 N NX .U Hx.. ,, x N . X .L x. ,X 1 Wx' .Xxx wwe is' ,x X, N X NX ,,X. 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CAPTAIN CASSADY af .,,: ,gs-..' fleet anchorage at Truk. Ack-ack from surrounding airfields was quite intense, and once again swarms of lap fighters took to the' air for revenge. More Rising Suns set that day as the tally for Sara's pilots continued to mount. Next, in the invasion of the Gilberts Sara neutralized Nauru lsland and transformed her air strips into bomb- pocked shambles. Combat air patrols were maintained over the bloody beaches of Tarawa. In the Gilberts cam- paign, the Sara's men were saddened by the loss of the Liscome Bay, the first carrier to be sunk in the Pacific in more than a year. Rear Admiral Mullinix, the Sara's skipper a scant three months before, Went down with his flagship. At the end of the Gilberts campaign, Sara was released for a quick run to the States as a reward for achievement, a slight rest for all hands, and a brief yard period for maintenance Work. ln early December, 1943, she entered drydock at l-lunter's Point, San Francisco, and re- mained there until the 3rd of lanuary, 1944. The stateside visit Was the first in nineteen months. A. U ,. -A . , ,f1mfemgf':-:ivrsswfff fffsf-'ff 1' 'f-f'f'i 'f'M 'm few . t 4. . ..M V f , f ww ,W W 5,5 A f f W f f I 1 ,ff 4- , ' 7 4 ff , 'ff' ww fffyf X ,, H Q, W ' 3 SARA ESCORTS TRANSPORTS TO TARAWA 3 ' f ' , ' 4 I lauuary laumd Sara and Air Group Firsl al thesge island atalls leel lhg Twelve at Pearl preparlrla lar the im- I9I'C1Cl1C9Cl SUHQ Ol SCHU S TY1lC3l1l WQTQ pending accupatiarl al the Marshalls. WOUQ Cifld TGTOU- Q.. I 8 ,mu A A fv, 'lf Q, V., L. p- ,Y WA 1-qv J X Q .. rf. Q- .. -X 3 1 Q ' - f ' rf K W 1 .X u. lx' , , ,, 'SN I dj, 5, a I H gp' , N .Q I f X X i , V Q X ,X . - 4 1 ' A . , , was ,, ' ' , K Q .Q . X Q ,f ,,- V rf. M4 ty, ,Jw 4 5 C 2 gf A ping A 4,10 , - X' is? , f Jw X X R ,gy V - f f 1, .,,.f,Q Q5 , -r ,, ,X x ,h my K -Af -ff r J QS 1' ' r 5 A-x av rn: . r A 3 f ., X. X .,,,N,r I M 'I , ' - Q M 5 ,V lr ,X r . , fp '- b Q . J fr A r t ,I ,A .rv W . 3 nw' k JN! ' Xb- ' 'r'w-.N QYQ I , l ':,,-3 n y ' gN'w-LT' 1 .J s, X 'E Q -. , . 7 1 gf fe f K r 4 r 53 TAROA 1 F K rr 'AW r r A JW x ,Q- The busy month of February was ushered in with strikes on Utirik and Ronaelap atolls, where radio stations were destroyed. Then followed tour days of continuous bombardment at Eniwetok and Enqebi Islands of Fniwe- tok atoll in pre-invasion sottenina-up at- tacks. During the remainder ot Febru- ary, Sara shuttled between Roi anchor- aae at newly won Kwajelein and Eni- wetok, with numerous strikes on the lat- ter. Durinq this period Sara made a new record for strikes with a total of 25 in l9 days! Amphibious landings were made at Eniwetok on the l7th, and durinq the remainder of February air support was given to the Marines in their hand-to- hand tiqhtina. TASK GROUP 584 ON NVAY TO MfXRSHALLS JAFHJARY Zlsh I944. SARA LONNER RHSHT EXECUTE THE CONQUEST OF AN ISLAND lENlWETOK,FEBRUARY 194-sy wa 'ins -I SARA TURNS INTO THE WIND TO LAUNCH HER PLANES va x xx K 5 'Swwiifxffxvs-.wmwg xx Q vgvif' WK2? .-mmsxmvm .gfvkmwrw .-sf' Wir-M-W Q ,, :,,egyqg,,y.gvf-r Hy- fm,-gy, uw-Huw -' ' I HER BOMBERS KNOCK OUT AIRFIELDS AND REVETMENTS IENIWETOK ATOLL, FEBRUARY 19443 , - f.,......:,-V...-. - , .-sp. ,,., . qfA.,4fk:f.,.uf..M ,, H -If .iwv I ELIMINATE THE ENEMY S FUEL DUMPS STORAGE INSTALLATIONS AND BARRACKS N wEToKAToLL FE RUARY I9 IV. ...BLAST COASTAL DEFENSES QENIWETOK ATOLL, FEBRUARY l944p N WITH THIS RESULT IENIWETOK ATQLL, FEBRUARY I9 VI THE FIRST WAVE OF MARINES HEADS FOR THE BEACH KENIWETOKATOLL,FEBRUARYI94-11 'A-.1 XX X YXEX X5ife5S NXTXQQQEI -X X X X X X -,RX 1 VII. ..AND OTHERS EOLLOW UNDER THE PROTECTIVE OUNS OFHEAVY UNITS QENIWETOK ATOLL,FEBRUARYl944j - 1 Today is Medal Day! So began Rear Admiral Samuel P. Grinder, commander of the carrier task group of which Sara was flagship. The great lagoon of Majuro atoll, recently wrested from the lapanese, was the scene of the biggest mass presentation of awards in the ship's history on March 4th, l944. The citations might have been a torture for the ship's company lined up at flight deck parade, had it not been for Captain Cassady's decision to make the awards en masse. lndividual cere- monies were contrived for Commander l-l. l-l. Caldwell, air officer, who as skipper of Air Group 12 had been the hero of Rabaul, Commander I. C. Clifton, colorful successor to Caldwell as CAG 12, Lt. Comdr. Dallas M. Laizure, air operations officer, and Lt. l-larold A. Robinson, landing signal officer, all for their part in the strike on A, ,ff- HM ' '--- '-- . ' :', . . 51 is . ' 'f -X 'M' xv 5.5 , 1 fl I ' DJ' xx QQ, 1 Ti if Q -lf ,, ,I f BER '- X S K sQuADRoN MEM E 1 X x HWING PROVEN HIMSELF TO POSSESS THE I HIGHEST FIGHTING QUALITIES AND THE NESESSA . SERVICE ABOARD THE us.s. snnnroc g n . 3 oumnle JAN. AND FEB. 1944 , as . HEREBY GRANTED ALL THE LIFE 5 O ' PRIVILEGES OF THIS FAMOUS 3 XX FIGHTING SQUADRON. A X g W 5 A ,X J X5 s v- T Q Vi. -5 TW 'ff' 5 Y T- x 1 --fx? -s - 1 I x - fx- 1-' 5 -. 1 IQ.. -rf' ,X ' S ff-J.. . , ,. - sq-VWWWWW I if is ..- -- -0 W -'fi 2 ' Q X-X -, - I f-,xxx A- X-, X N125 gcgj U.: P nf' -In 1, I nugm g , ,,,,.u ,..,- F ,.,' f fn ,J 1 T . , L, .-. ,,,. In I - X . ?..1k btagnsgiccn,:'l,4.r.:::g:.3.,l1l'?:J-.,111-.J.II ,.N.d l.,,.,,...,,,,..-.41n'1f f tm. -1.'f-.Lp'.pL:uf.-M -' - x Inf nn:-rv '-' , Rabaul in November, l943. Commander Thomas U. Sisson, executive officer, was presented the Legion of Merit for previous duty. Two men, Daniel Hildreth, ACMZC, and Philip Rosen, Sea2c, were singled out for their alertness in disposing of a bomb which had dropped from an SBD and rolled down the flight deck, to the terror of all, during the Marshalls operations. But the most popular kudo-winner was indis- putably the Sara's skipper, Cap'n lawn Cass- ady, on whom the Admiral pinned the Legion of Merit. The Admiral concluded the ceremonies by congratulating Sara's officers and men on hav- ing been charter members of the Tallyho Ack- Ack Squadron. Q -155W'53?' w X wi 0 i S EN XX Lkk. X X X, K K K M 1 ' 4 1S:.Sa.,?' WEAQSN' A im:-im if.-xvv' 9. ,fl 'fi gi 4 gi' 'Q ,ff ,.Pv.T if wr WW' 1 . uw -Q ,N , R, ,. xxx X 7 Q 1 4 . -c - 1 - N vfwifgsx dx Q' v iw A lxxrlzgf 9. Q1 mf' 1 7' '! A:f ni!!- ' U. A -vm .0 fe. FY wk vig' 1. WW' CAPTAIN J H CASSADY PRESENTS AWARDS TO PILOTS AND CREWMEN AT MAJURO ATOLL MARCH 3rd I944 COMMANDER J. C. CLIFTON, OF VF-I2, RECEIVES THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS MDR. T. U. SISSON, EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND LEGION OF REAR ADMIRAL S. P. GINDER PINS THE LEE-ION O MERIT WINNER, IS CONGRATULATED BY THE CAPTAIN MERIT ON CAPTAIN J. H. CASSADY ln all, 127 awards were dlstrlbuted on that mornlnq one Navy Cross, one Gold Star two Lealons ofMer1t two Pur- ple Hearts 20 Dlstlngulshed Flylng Crosses 50 Alr Medals and 5l cornrnen datlon rlbbons The prlnclpal decoratlons went to veterans ofthe Babaul strllce to w1t NAVY CROSS Corndr H H Caldwell USN GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF 2ND DFC DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Corndr I C Chfton USN Lt Corndr I H Newell USN Lt Comdr V L Hathorn USN Lt Comdr R F Farrlnqton USN L1eut W E Brown USNR Lleut L G Traynor USN Lieut. F. B. McDonald, USNR Lieut. L. R. Naeqely, USN Lieut. E. Maul, USNB Lieut. I. Magda, USNR Lt. Iiql I. B. Barcalow, USNB Lt. IIQII W. L. Desilet, USNB Lt. IIQI D. E. Laird, USNB Lt. Ciql B. L. Cropper, USNB Lt. IIQII M. B. Davenport, USNB Lt. CIQI E. F. Cox, USNB Lt. tial G. L. H. Gould, USNB Lt. Ijql B. B. Gray, USNB Lt. IIQII H. H. Dearinq, USNB Lt. Cjql E. B. Crawford, USNB LEGION OF MERIT Capt. I. H. Cassady, USN Comdr. T. U. Sisson, USN PURPLE HEART Ens. B. D. Gatlow, USNB Lt. IIQI E. Talkinqton, USNB ACMM B. W. Morey, USN COMDR.HOWARD CALDWELL OF AIR GROUPIZILATER THE SARA'S AIR 4' OFFICERI WON THE NAVY CROSS BIRD'S EYE VIEW THE ROYAL COURT X POLLYWOGS PARADE SW EETHEARTS CROSSING THE EOUATOR MARCH I944 O '- sig ffl Jgts l ,'9af. 5- ?A v- 1-A 5 , ,ft , 3. M QQ 0 THE. ROYAL WORKS WDM J Early in March the Sara- toga and three destroyers, SARA TAKES A BIG ONE the Dunlap, Fanning ana Cummings, were detached from the U. S. fleet and ordered to report to the British Eastern Fleet. The first stop Down Under' Was at Hobart, Tasmania, south of the island contin- ent of Australia. F ew will foraet the storm encoun- tered in the Tasman Sea with Winds in excess or CC knots and heavy sea which broke hiah ox er t e ship s hridae Minor duno aae from the seas tn as e paired aboard by tr ship s company ,ff HOBART TASMANIA .gy From Hobart, across the Great Aus- tralian Biaht, the Sara headed for Fre- mantle on the southwestern coast. .Lib- erty ashore in the modern city oi Perth, capital oi Western Australia, Was, quite naturally, altogether excitina. One Week later, Sara rendezvoused with the Eastern Fleet and all hands craned to aet a aood look at the assortment ot Al- lied warships which comprised the force. Mainly British, it Was augmented by Dutch, French, and Australian Ves- sels. l-l.lVl.S. lllustrious, a frontline car- rier, was present to operate with Sara. H. M. S. Foreground- H.M.S. RENOWN Upper Left: F.S. RICHELIEU Upper Right: H.M.S. VALIANT ILLUSTRIO X '1- -yp :addy ,sf M I ,A-,. . 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THE LANDING SIGNAL OFFICE GIVES THE BARRACUDA A CUT WELL MET ADMIRAL MOODY RETURNS OUR SALUTE OF WELCOME THE MARINE GUARD WAITS MIRAL S INSPECTI A THING OF CURIOSITY -11' - --V 'l '::.,1. lllllll BNI Q 1' N 1 4 ' I i 'L' 5 Quxilllidlll-ls CEYLON On the 31st of March Sara s sailors had an opportunity ot get a good look at the F ar East as the fleet anchored at Trincomalee Ceylon For almost two weeks the fleet remained at anchor and Sara s men on liberty dealt with rupees, instead of dollars, and collected sou venirs of precious stones and hand carved ornaments of wood. Meanwhile, high ranking British officials, led by Admiral Sir Iames Sommerville, made official calls and inspections of Sara and her crew. 5355 1 Q Ulil MES! i s l f 5 , TRINCOMALEE HARBOR, CEYLON FT CENTER: H.M.s. sussex AND A aRlTlsH HosPlTAL SH f ' :ID-fy. u-n-in-1 Captain I. l-I. Cassady conducted the distinguish- ed British guest on a tour which covered the entire ship. No single item Was missed by the Admiral's quick eye. The galley proved quite fascinating. lt Was here the Supply Officer explained the use of dehydrated foods-especially pota- toes. Apparently the Brit- ishers hadn 't used the Waterless vitamins in Very great quantities. Sara's cavernous han- gar deck Was another fo- cal point for the inspection party. A brief description of beloW decks proced- ure for spotting aircraft was made and facilities for maintenance and up- keep Were pointed out. N :Eff CN: ADMIRAL SIR JAMES SOMMERVI 5 AYDSARAISPLANESIopposi+e pag - mr fr 6 I, f 'Z , at , :EfI'S Tv-IE HANG-AR DECK IaboveI, GALL A THEWGEDUNK STAND :AKNIGHT COM NDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE SAMPL AMERICAN ICE CREAM 92551 a:5s'.1ff uw' -'YJ5 ' 11:5 3' , , fl W X. X X. . X . .AX P1-4 , ' 'gk Wd A - - ,,,,. X Eve-- Za S X 2? , .1 I ii. g . X X .. .XXX.. X -5 .X-X .X X N AX X X .yfNxSXS XXX. X YSQNSXXX :xg Xk .SQSN XXX S. X . 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Tactician-a British submarine-which Went close a-- L1 4 the shore to piclc up pilots who W shot down and forced to make ' landings During the day several torpedo ca rying lap Kates were shot down bw comloat air patrol and as the fleet tired more enemy aircraft were ported in the Vicinity That niolst Lo rage fire was thrown up at the air t gets with results unoloserved ice a of darkness That was the first l1I 'S the War Sara had fired at enemy a ers although many had been down Within sight of her by protecux e aircraft SORTIE FROM TRINCO 'Q' k X XX SSN . W: ..N.. K xwbixs 1- . 1 - X MJXX: 1 Pr' . N.. S.. x Q Xgilv . Q .Q - , I . K 2 X . tgxx. im- y Y Vx f rnls xf'Nxv 'XX kiixww A X. YK xx. A X X . ' MSXMMY ix X . LX.. X . . y M . x N skx Q 5- - F 5 wif X. x' X. .. XR - ,N . X 4x 53-.. - 3 XX., ,Aw :mfg x . 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I : I 1 I ' I I Iv I I I I I I Ifl 'U ,W L I 5 U5 EI. 5 I I I I .- . 68 I N X X Xa XXX XX XX XXX XX XXX XX X X XX X XXX XXX X X X X X NX XSXNQXX XX X Q XX XX X X X XXX X X X XXQXNX XQEXX X XX Xxx XNXX XX X X XX XX X XXXX QXX X Q X X XXX XXXXXX X X Xf XX XX X X X X X XXX X X XX X XXX XX .ff XXX XXX NX X X X X X XXX XX XX X X XXX X XXX X XX XXXXXN X X X XXX X X XQ XX XXX XMXNEXXX XXX6 X X XXXKXXXSSX X XXX XX X XX X XX XX X NX X XX :af- S ww i. I II 55' I 1 I.. HI tl! EI it .git I: 5 4 I I Q 2 ' L ' ci if :II I c I I I If , ., , 4. If f II I IIf ? . gs ,I I II 'E fi-.,,g V. Q ' Q Hmm. H-V E ffl f gf.-.1 -fffltgf alll . T f O .1 ff? fi -:il t ' iffw-mm E. Late in May, Sara was detached from the Eastern Fleet and orderedto return to the States. The storybook cruise in the Far East was climaxed as Sara and her escorts formed a column as they were rendered honors by the ships of the Al- lied Fleet pqssinq in review. The smart French battleship, Richelieu, recently arrived in the Far East, was there, along with the British flagship, Oueen Eliza- beth, the Valiant, the Renown, and many another famed man-of-war. Thus came to an end the pleasant associa- tion with other navies ot the United, f Nations. A fJ , f1'lll f - I If X -I if , ' mf, , , 5 V- , If M - Q -Q 11 Q. f 4 t. 2 lj f. X 411. ll I ll X is L It Tnmco if I lUST ONE MORE OPERATION By Anonymous and Unanimous lust one more operation, boys, lust one more operation. And then a -good vacation, boys, And then a long vacation. So-just oft Wotje and Taroa The Sara took her station And give the laps hot hell and more- lust one more operation. The States for us in forty-four, We shouted with elation. But we lay off Engegi's shore- Iust one more operation. With Eniwetok done up brown We hoped for recreation. We heard the news with curse and frown- Iust one more operation. Tally-ho ack-ack, the Admiral cried, With poetic inspiration. You couldn't be luckier it you tried. -lust one more operation. . .. :wg-I .I-7 W . T., ' N f j:,.1-.gn - So from Majuro south we raced And passed Espiritu in haste: And learned the cold ferocity Of the vicious Tasman Sea. Hobart, Fremantle and Perth, All gave us our shillings' worth. Aussie beer and close inspection Of Australian sex. Next, with Right-ho's, Cherios, and Blimey's We went sailing with the Limeys. Putting in at last at Trinco All hands turned to getting stinko. at ttwf 9 - '-Yale' air ah: BIS' A. -f- ,--XY:-gc YA.,c,A-we lll.mlN.lB u-mfr' SYDNEY Y 24+h TO 29+h, I9 fl :fum mn M The long cruise from the Indian Ocean to Pu-get Sound Was broken by stops at Fremantle and Sydney, Aus- tralia, Noumea, and Pearl. There was the long promised leave to look forward to, for the ship remained at Bremerton from Tune until September, While a com- plete overhaul Was made. F or three months, September to De- cember, 1944, Sara trained numerous pilots and many air groups at Pearl for future assignments to the many carriers in the Pacific Fleet. Late in December, Air Group 53 was commissioned for her and training continued through the first part of lanuary, l9-45. A memorable birthday party was held November l6th to celebrate Sara's l7th birthday and distinguished visitors were aboard to participate in the festivities. IN THE PICTURES OPPOSITE, DEPICTING THE CELEBRATION OF THE SHIP'S I7TH BIRTHDAY, NOVEMBER I6TH, I944: I-Captain Moebus and Correspondent Quentin Reynolds sweat out the chow line. 2-Fleet Admiral Nimitz, at the hangar deck micro- phone. 3-Chief Pop Blanchard and Lieut. Oscar Johnson Ioolc on as Captain Moebus cuts the an niversary cake. 4-The Captain dines with the crew. 5-Quentin Reynolds gathers copy for his story, Sara has a Birthday. 6-Commander L. H. Hunte lights the candles. 7-Front row celebrities enioy the show. Lett to right: Commander Hunte, Vice Admiral John H. Tow- ers, Undersecretary of State Joseph C. Grew, Captain Moebus, Fleet Admiral Nimiti, Rear Admiral A. W. Radford, Rear Admiral M. B. Gardner and Rear Admiral S. P. Ginder. 8-Vice Admiral Towers resents en raved IanIcs P 9 P to only remaining members of original crew, Chief Blanchard and Lieut. Johnson. M jp W. ,V -, . .-ugh X X Rx X -,..,,?M WW, . .45 Q wav mg X f f f f XW4 f,f M! vw-'MX X , ,,,,.., wfwnrl mm .uawuvzm 7' lyk nwl ' O ' iz f , x xwgwxx ' X-131Xfwxmwasxxwmv-ne.....,,wvmw-.Yiiwfxlfx fwkwlx A -M-.Nw x XX -X X X ww N X x A X x X NN x X X xXN X XX K ,Zf, Q, xx N A ENN XQN U L i-I FEBRUARY IOH1, l945 4' 'V' 5 f f f af X, ff ,- ff 3 f Jw . 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I 'f f ff Amy V, Sara, in company with a powerful task group, departed late in lanuary and arrived at Ulithi, the enormous fleet anchorage in the Western Carolines tor duty with tamed Task Force 58 under Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher. From there the Fifth Fleet, greatest ever as- sembled, steamed north forthe first car- rier plane attack of the war on Tokyo in mid-February. lt was on the trip north for the raid that one ot those once-in-a-lifetime incidents occurred. Frank Arcure, a flight deck 'phone talker, was swept over the side into the choppy sea during night landings. ln the blackness a de- stroyer searched for the victim while the fleet continued north. lust as the search was to be abandoned, Arcure was lo- cated by the destroyer by the taint blasts he blew on a whistle. A tew days earlier all hands had been issued the whistles and ordered to wear them top- side at all times. This simple measure was responsible for the saving ot his life. Several days later the destroyer came alongside and returned the happy whistler to his shipmates. FRANK ARCURE, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ALL HANDS DONNED FLASHPROOF GEAR I ,M ,'f 't4..- X K OX .WL ,f,g0 ,X ff 'F A ' H , 1 I if if WV fb ,, - I I A f f , 1 I A ' , Q, .1 Kzxdf, 117, .,, 'iff 'X N , ,W-pq' V xxx .. - ' X it A 5, ,fmyf ,.M,.f, fx 4 My A , bi My vw, I . . - X N, ',F' ,,,xz'm, I Af . f I M X ., STEAMING NORTH WITH ENTERPRISE OFF PORT BOW WINTER WEATHER OFF JAPAN WE PREPARE FOR THE ASSAULT... REARMING RESPOTTWG PILOTS READY THE PLANES TAXI FORWARD famwvfwfff AND THE FIRST FIGHTER FLIES AWAY 5- ..'. ., . ,.,..I'7 z s, 5 +3 i - S I 84 ln the invasion of lwo lima, airborne Marine observers were launched from Sara to direct surface shelling of the beaches. Two days later, February 2lst, Saratwas detached from Admiral Mitscher's force to go to the aid of the air-support forces under Admiral Rich- ard K. Turner. Steaming between task forces, escorted by three destroyers, she was forced to fight for her life. At l700 against a grey sky, lapanese planes attacked The Old Lady with the most concentrated assault of the war against a warship. For several hours she fought for her life as the attacks con- tinued against her by the lapanese suicide pilots of the Kamikaze Corps. Although the ship's gunners fought heroically and sent six lap planes flam- ing into the sea, many hits were scored by the l5 to 20 planes which conducted the raid. Five Kamikaze pilots crashed into Sara with violent explosions, and seven bombs found their mark. She guivered from stem to stern as her flight deck and hull absorbed the beating, but never hesitated. ln fact, she gained speed as she frantically fought off and fled her attackers. Simultaneous attacks were carried out on other fleet units in the near vicin- ity and the black night was filled with bursting ack-ack, explosions of planes hit in the air, and long tongues of flame reaching skyward from the ships dam- aged and on fire. The Bismark Sea-an escort carrier-was seen to blow up and sink off Sara's port beam at the height of the raid. To starboard gleamed the lights of Mount Suribachi, captured that day, as well as the flashes of artil- lery being exchanged in the death struggle for lwo lima. lt is doubtful if any other carrier could have absorbed the beating Sara took and remain afloat. Badly crippled, she headed south for Eniwetok as raging fires were fought on her flight and hangar decks. Stories of heroism were numerous later, but many of the tales will never be known. There was simply too much bravery that night to warrant the singling out of any one of the 3,000 men, livin-g and dead, who fought their ship in the face of the most diabolical weapon the enemy had yet conceived. Some of our fighter planes were still in the air when the three-hour attack was over. Flight deck fires were extin- guished and charred planes on the flight deck jettisoned over the fantail, so the remaining pilots in the air could be taken aboard. lt is almost mpos- sible to understand or visualize--if 3:34 weren't there-how this was acccri- plished, but many of the planes if-:ere successfully brought aboard. Sur.: made water landings and other landed on escort carriers Sara had been lucky until ther.. E: ,X not on that black night off lwo lima. tc TE hundred twenty-three dead or sin.: was the official total after the vicicus at- tack and the casualty total ran ti: over three hundred. Earlier Sara successes were teri- pered somewhat by the horrors ., - Tfllii night and the charred timbers -cz the ruptured flight deck, the black .cavern of the gutted hangar deck, the fd . N. 4 ,M .Can steel plates, and bulkheads grctesaue- ly caved in. There was also the stink and mess after the battle, the .igie -ss forms of white-shrouded comrcn-ss ing on the flight deck before the :tif burial ceremony which committed their bodies to the sea. Those ugly scenes will never be forgotten. Those whc were left were solemn and grim. We had seen the war--we knew that we were fighting. . .iv THE MELVIN MANEUVERS TO DEFEND HER FLAGSHIP INOT SHOWN: USS MCGOWAN. USS McNAIR I 700 FEBRUARY 21, I945 SARA'S FIRST HIT BY ENEMY AIRCRAFT: SUICIDE PLANES BLAST CATAPULTS AND BATTERIES FIRE FIGHTING AN UNRELENTING STRUGGLE wr A KAMIKAZE GOES DOWN IN FLAMES WHILE THE FIRES RAGE ON THE FLIGHT DECK.. SMOKE COMES OUT OF THE ELEVATOR WELL FROM THE INFERNO BELOW 87 SMOKE BLOTS OUT THE DAYLIGHT 'ff' X. 5. 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Y Y, , rw N5i7Yfwzdwg' wg-w-w.,W.m.,w - - - -We ' 1-wi t 'f t- L st ,xvvty , ...-,.,..,..,,,,---:e.-,i..,-..-A Y -Y ---- - V - - , ., ,. , . ,. . . W SARATOGA REGINA Ye men of the land, ye men of the soil Will not understand when you hear us say That we're proud of the blood in the ocean's green, Proud of the horrors we all have seen: You will not understand when you hear us pray God bless the Sara-our Queen! They caught her halfway between the fleets Where there were none to see. None but yellow, slanted eyes, That measured her length from the clouded sky And laughing like maniacs in crazy glee, Made ready to watch our aged queen die. At the first rending shocks she leaped and shrank, WERE HlT! l heard someone say, Or was it myself-I can't recall- F or beneath the debris that blanketed all Godless and Christians knelt to pray ln the fear that heaven and sky would fall. Suicide planes dived into the deck, And bombs tore open her side. And as each Nippon dived with a scream, We on the Sara thought it all a dream, That this was happening to our joy and pride That an hour before did so quietly steam. Twisting and turning, desperate she ran, . Shuddering and leapt as the falcons struck, While the widening slick from her ravaged side Blackened the Waves in a bloody tide, And constantly over our canted truck, Straight through the maelstrom of flaming hell Furiously she swept, an embattled queen, Her battered, bleeding head held high. , We knew, even then, she could never die: We also knew what a prize she would mean To those maddened maggots in the sky. A chattering gun, like frozen rain- A roar, an instant of eternal silence- Men blasted high, to heaven or hell: I know not which, only that they fell Into tongues of flames and roaring violence We and Christ know they died well. Hysterical men?-No, there were none. But the horrors they lived will never dim. Like the man who clutched at his ball-less eye, While dazed and stunned for thread did cry, To sew it back-or the lad with lips so grim, With one arm saying- GO ON! OTHERS ARE WORSE THAN l With the dawning of day, bleak as the rest, A message was sent to half the world That a U. S. carrier had sustained an attack, A few lives were lost-but she beat them back But only we saw our flag unfurled, Caressing the bodies, charred and black. Only we were standing by When the burial squad counted ONE-TWO-THREE And a canvas bag in an arc would sweep, While the trumpets' taps bid them quietly sleep And the body shall be cast into the sea- One hundred and twenty-three times: ONE TWO-THREE Logan Albert Forster Pharmacist Mate, Second CIE There sounded the drone of the yellow men's pride. United States Now rw, 'bn-Q CAPTAIN AKERS R SH SEAMAN FIRST CLASS 45 PURPLE HEARTS D D J NERBON GUNNER S MATE SECOND CLASS I I I I 1 : ,I .II Ir 'II II: I, iif, II I1 I I I I I I I i I :S EL v I It I I!! 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SILVER STAR CLAI SPRINGER, GM3fc SILVER STAR cDR.B.R.1ARRANT COMMENDAUON 5 F.E.RowLEY AMM3fc BRONZE STAR BRONZE STAR ..f , , Arriving at Eniwetok late in Febru- ary, divers surveyed underwater dam- age, and a huge forty-foot puncture was discovered on the starboard quar- ter. From the Marshalls she limped back toward Pearl, but the return was interrupted for two days while a search was conducted for Lt. General Harmon, of the Army Air Forces, who was lost in a flight near the Marshalls. Two planes were launched in the search, but nothing was sighted. Sara had to launch the planes over the stern while steaming backwards, because the flight deck damage forward prevented normal procedure. sffvvxw, ' -F -4 mu uit! wtf G n ,oiglvfff- u H7-, gg fo, i ,,LMM,tm.l.l.t...i.l.l.1.M,.,,,.,'A 1 ' H fi 4 'Q Ji 1. - F XT' On the dock at Pearl, the Ford Island band was on hand blaring out Cali- fornia, Here l Come, with brassy good cheer to welcome the battered ship and crew. All hands topside at sea detail station joined in with those watching from the flight deck and gun galleries with a tremendous cheer of joy as soon as the music was recognized. Arriving at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in March, the ship was overrun by thousands of yard workmen as the crew went home on leave. By May, all repair work had been completed in what the Yard Superintendent de- scribed as record time and tests had been made in the Sound. Once more the Old Lady was pronounced well and ready for sea under the command of Captain Frank Akers, who had re- lieved Captain L. A. Moebus during the yard period. Sara arrived at Pearl lune lst and completed a grand war career by train- ing pilots and air groups for other car- riers. lt is quite probable she would have been present at the ultimate in- vasion of the Iapanese homeland- once again on the doorstep to Tayko- if it hadn't been for the atomic bomb. But hostilities ceased before Sara was sent back for revenge. Even V-l day was celebrated by Sara's sailors at sea training pilots in air group-carrier technique. Each land- ing aboard was a new world record, because no other carrier can compare with Sara's 98,549 landings. ln August she had claimed another record too, with 643 landings made in a single day? And that's the story behind the pic- tures. I -If L' 1 'xl ' 67W Q i ff its I A ' , -',5 'lrfail f Q . . Ig IFIY' I' SAK:-X'3 PQKQON N1-.L K m .X .W X X xg Q XXNQN a x X f . MORNING EXERCISES AT ESPIRITU SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES ig-4'-----Q-----iw ----VW 1 VVV---....,V.V.Nq,1f,L1,.,i,,.V--,- , . V ., V. V ... .,,.,.....,. 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Q A N53 M THE COMMISSARY OFFICE YW X Ili fn HAPPY EXPECTANT MARINES CHIEFS mmm, 1 ,,,, x.EEVfmxEEx1s OUR PASSENGERS FILE ABOARD THE WAVES BID FAREWELL SA RA LEAVE' The end of World War ll came sud and unexpectedly. Overnight, the probe c demobilizing the huge War-time Navy lo one ot the primary concerns oi naval le e Q To facilitate the return of servicerf er overseas a Magic Carpet fleet converted to a peace-time capa transports came into existence. lt fell to the lot ot the Sara procession. Her planes and gaso Of Vvrcl CKY CI t. 'A ,-.f ,E ,., .CL,cva. x, .7-ye.- M-.. lil-: xv: F- Q: .V--,-N moved, her hangar deck converted nn- living compartment and the entire ship Q C. EAI L HARBOR qanization changed to give her a troop capac- ity of 4,000 persons. Then, in the second Week of September, the Sara sailed from Pearl to the tune of a mon- strous celebration staged by the Hawaiians and by the Navyfpersonnel ashore. 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