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Flight deck as seen from island. Radio Room No' Z' Commanding Task Force 58 Was Admiral Marc A. Mitscher. Discarding the hit-and-run tactics of his Homer days, the commander had a force strong enough to stand up and slug it out with any enemy force that dared to venture forth, The carriers of Task Group 58.4 alone could launch over 300 planes in a matter of minutes, While the hattleships' guns were match for anything afloat. Fueled, provisioned, and armed at sea, the Fifth Fleet Was independent of nearby land bases, Commander Sherrill led his air group off the flight deck at l455 on April 25th, for a strike against tiny Okino Daito Jima, Weather and radar station south- east of Okinawa. Heavy damage was inflicted in thirty-six sorties from which ,ii .v..., Maw..--.,......, i 4 l 34 5.
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