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Ambush. The Japs' southernmost fleet suffered least from U.S. aerial pounding during its approach, and reached the scene of battle first. The first-quarter moon had set early, and the morning darkness was deep in Surigao Strait. At the southern end, squadrons of PT boats lay in ambush. As the Huso and Yamasiro entered the narrows with their screen, the PTs attacked. The tiny, bucking craft had made their reputation for dash and expendability in the Philippines, and they lived up to it. They scored some hits, lost several of their number...
Manus was a red, shell-pocked beach, backed by impenetrable jungles and a shouldering mountain. The Seabees carried with them every item they needed-from aerial photographs and bulldozers to $15,000,000 in currency for the payroll and 50,000 cases of beer. On May 1 they went to work...
...classic achievement lay behind Halsey and Mitscher. The Philippines had been largely isolated from aerial reinforcement; Jap supply-line establishments lay in ruins. Among the lost islands to the south, greater history-making lay ahead...
...time, the Rippers flew on top of the war. June 19 Wilbur ("Spider") Webb slid into a flock of Jap dive bombers circling to land on Guam and knocked off six, ending his rampage with only one gun still working. On that day the Rippers got 51 planes in aerial combat, a record which the Rippers shattered themselves five days later by shooting down 67 planes over Iwo Jima...
...ingenious aerial-delivery gadget was announced by the Air Technical Service Command last week. It is a rotary wing, shaped much like an ordinary maple seed, that twirls to earth without benefit of "umbrella" or rigging. The bulbous plastic container, hitched to the wooden blade, can hold 65 lbs. The rate of fall is slightly faster than a parachute's, but the "Sky Hook" is not subject to the wind drift that makes parachuting of supplies inaccurate from high (safe) altitudes...