Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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****************June 9, 1943(c)*************** Horycrappo-jima and Okinawa: JJ sets one of their torps to run shallow and nicks one of our LST's. Sub attack near Ishigaki at 89,68 Japanese Ships SS I-36, hits 1 Allied Ships LST-457, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage LCM 592B LCM 532D SC-630 Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) I think North Carolina hit a fireworks factory or some such thing. Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses D3A2 Val: 17 damaged D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Ki-30 Ann: 10 damaged Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 damaged Allied Ships BB North Carolina Japanese ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Manpower hits 1 Fires 3834 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 9 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 Evidnetry, Wichita and San Francisco are dazzled by the light show..they do rough up a couple of squads of 48th Div Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 Allied Ships CA Wichita CA San Francisco CLAA Juneau Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Wichita CA Wichita firing at 48th Division CA San Francisco firing at 48th Division CLAA Juneau firing at 48th Division
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