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...eleven of Kirn's SBDs took off in unusually bad weather for a dawn attack on the Jap seaplane base at Rekata Bay. Weymouth and Mildahn, with four other pilots, reached their target and gave the Japs a nasty surprise. From Henderson Field at dawn, four more SBDs took off on search flights, Weary leading one section, Purdum the other. They sighted five destroyers just out of range for dive-bombing attack. Other pilots took off for antisub patrol off Tulagi, to smoke out Jap land positions on northwest Guadal, to search for some lost pilots...
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