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...fighter is a direct descendant of the Wildcat and a factory mate of the Navy's crack Avenger torpedo plane. Its name: the Grumman Hellcat. This and little more the Navy announced, along with the news that a task force had crept close to the Jap's Marcus Island, thoroughly plastered it with shot and bombs from Hellcats and Avengers...
...ship's most amazing characteristic is that it is also a nimble dogfighter. Said one of its Navy pilots: "The first Jap fighter that ties into this one is going to get the surprise of his life." The surprise is still to come. At Marcus, the Hellcat met no Zeros...
...carrier task force steamed west. In the grey dawn, some 1,200 miles from Tokyo and well inside the perimeter of Japan's outer defenses, the big flattops turned their noses into the wind. From their flight-decks planes rose and headed for Marcus Island, a little apple tart lying on the blue spread of the Pacific...
Americans had called on Marcus before. In 1902 an expedition from Honolulu put in to the island with the hope of finding guano deposits. A Japanese marine force barred them. The Japs finally allowed the party to land under heavy guard, let a scientist pick up some wildlife specimens; then gave them some water and coconuts and sent the whole outfit packing. Forty years later a U.S. task force attacked Marcus and smashed Jap hangars, runways, ammunition dumps (TIME, April 6, 1942). But last week's raid was bigger...
...destroy installations. Marcus, only five miles around, nevertheless supports three airplane runways, can be used as a base of operations against U.S. submarines, is useful as a link in the air routes to the Marshalls, Gilberts and Wake...