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...Wreckers. Little known to the U.S. public, but greatly feared by Jap shipmasters, are the fleet air wings, which the Navy calls "Fairwings" for short. Fairwing 1 and Fairwing 18 have been based in the Ryukyu Islands since early April. Fairwing 1, under veteran seaplaner Rear Admiral John Dale Price, has sunk or damaged more than 200,000 tons of shipping in Korean waters. Fairwing 18, skippered by Rear Admiral Marshall Raymond Greer (onetime shipmate of Price in the old battleship North Dakota), has operated farther east, where the hunting was not so good, but sometimes it has flown over...
Typhoon Junction. The enemy may gain some respite from now until November, because the Ryukyus are the "typhoon junction" of the western Pacific. Weather will hinder U.S. forces and help some Jap ships to find shelter from U.S. bombs. But weather will not stop the blockade...
...unexpected cost of the Okinawa battle had been caused by the Jap suicide planes, which forced the U.S. fleet to stand by and carry on what may well have been the most difficult and expensive air-support operation of the war. Kamikaze planes (59 were shot down in two days) were still attacking ships last week. But even with the Navy's casualties off Okinawa included with those of the ground forces, the ratio in favor of the conquerors would still...
...cartoon called Island Hopping shows a steel-spring mannikin stepping triumphantly toward the Jap home fortress over Pacific islands which are not all terra firma...
...monster intricately built of cable, hooks and steel joints prepares to jerk a noose around a Jap's neck-as the Rising Sun sets in the background...