AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/45( p! \$ _* o8 K6 l' o
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Don't think Andy expected a major minefield at Bonin..it cost him - a lot!
9 W5 G: r6 ]1 E' W) S1 heavy cruiser, 10 destroyers, 3 AOs and one AE were mined today... w5 d4 [1 E% X! T
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2 w9 w2 H# s# Q8 ZTF 1054 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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Allied Ships
6 p4 I% J( Y2 @. EDD Uhlmann
7 G6 ?% A+ I1 H' \$ MDD Stack, Mine hits 1, on fire
, E' [0 E. {0 j* ~DD Stockton& J3 T4 \- l9 U- n8 ~6 h
DD Gillespie, Mine hits 1, on fire
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! p6 V, L/ _8 Y. G1 vDD Taylor, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage# h1 w% @4 Z; X1 T; s5 e6 G- j5 E
DD Wilson
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TF 1148 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)$ ~: q7 |8 E I0 C! d. t
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DD Johnston, Mine hits 1
$ W- J' \! _+ D& j# }% UDD Isherwood) r9 |4 j/ A* G R5 f* Q4 o1 A. k
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, b) v7 d5 h( Q# w% }6 RTF 1161 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)7 x0 p/ v% {5 R* u* |) \# _4 ^
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Allied Ships
0 e/ W. u$ j7 l3 c0 i3 pDD Harrison, Mine hits 2, on fire
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TF 1162 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)) t) k9 W+ v! n( w0 T
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DD Swanson, Mine hits 1, on fire
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0 |& A3 p' S0 ?3 [% O4 V0 o4 ~! TTF 1164 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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DD Cogswell, Mine hits 1, on fire
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) D2 X$ k8 A; t" v, fTF 1088 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)* [% W6 \6 m9 Y: B9 i0 |, X
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DD Valkenburgh
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DD Black5 C: s1 x5 ^9 d% `
DD Bennett; n0 K& o: y. R+ F7 r( |" e$ Z
DD Bell, Mine hits 1
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TF 1092 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)9 G1 i# ]+ O% a" f
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DD Clarence Bronson, Mine hits 1, on fire l+ }3 H7 n2 t, x# i" o N
CA Chicago, Mine hits 1! C# G, S q6 F
DD Waldron5 d; Z* k! n3 k, W6 [' |$ k }
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; H* J {( [0 HSomehow a replenishment group entered Bonin and started unloadin - fuel?!
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' n, y! ?$ J0 g% ?8 m3 iTF 1092 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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- Y8 |/ b! o+ UTF 1092 troops unloading over beach at Bonin, 65,52
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Allied Ships
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DD Aulick
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DD Callaghan5 o4 i) m! ~7 A: C/ B0 j* X# @
DD Clarence Bronson, on fire. w" R; I5 x( B* d9 U
AE Mount Baker, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage; q. r( b7 N+ P! ~/ @
AO Caliente, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage" y7 r- z3 M6 [. b3 P& R8 u0 k x9 z
DD Lyman K. Swenson: E/ h8 z; b% H& d
DD Waldron! f' _( v+ s" M$ K
AO Ashtabula, Mine hits 1, on fire
' `: Z8 X$ t/ SAO Mississinewa, Mine hits 1, on fire / D0 Z. l6 |& O% Y
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