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...Here Halsey and his carrier forces, under Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, struck with a fury and a complexity of maneuver partially explained by the Navy's announcement that under wizened "Pete" Mitscher were five subordinate admirals, each with his own task group...
...Haul. Hidden under the edge of a typhoon, the fleet bored in. Halsey sent only part of his forces on the deepest mission-to the Ryukyus, 270 miles south of Japan. Hellcats, Avengers and Hell-divers from Mitscher's carriers thundered across the islands in four heavy strikes-1,500 sorties...
Running Battle. After the first Manila raids (Sept. 9-10), Bull Halsey, with his hair slicked back and his khaki shirt newly starched, had entertained his staff aboard his flagship at a predated Thanksgiving dinner. For an hour or so, life had seemed calm and leisurely. But there was no leisure or slow movement now. Bull Halsey whipped his forces through the enemy's inner waters with the speed and precision he had first shown long ago as a pint-sized fullback at Annapolis...
That night and the next day Halsey and Mitscher stayed at it. More air groups hammered at the Pescadores on the China side of Formosa. The next day, and the next, the Third Fleet was still fighting off bombers, still raining explosives on Formosa's fat targets...
Meanwhile, the Halsey-Mitscher forces bored south. From the Philippine Sea, Mitscher sent air groups out for yet other strikes at Aparri and airfields around Manila Bay. The week's total of Jap aircraft destroyed rose...