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Word: soryu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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...numbers), losses in U.S. aircraft and men were appallingly high from that time on. Of six Marine torpedo planes that went out, only one returned; of four Army torpedo planes, two came back. A flight of 16 Marine dive-bombers went after a carrier believed to be the Soryu (Blue Dragon). Only eight returned. A battleship was bombed, left smoking and listing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: A Chapter of History | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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