AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/45
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Don't think Andy expected a major minefield at Bonin..it cost him - a lot!
/ j4 C& \1 W/ _- L1 heavy cruiser, 10 destroyers, 3 AOs and one AE were mined today...
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TF 1054 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)5 N2 ?: z4 H# Z7 c
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DD Uhlmann
9 R2 i4 x, M2 XDD Stack, Mine hits 1, on fire9 C5 @) C! L0 Q5 _6 _/ [* K
DD Stockton
( v( X% w) a( H! ^+ bDD Gillespie, Mine hits 1, on fire
: w9 k ~7 D9 l: Q1 C `( jDD The Sullivans
* k! L6 _2 x3 m, Q, hDD Taylor, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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TF 1148 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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DD Johnston, Mine hits 1
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% H. \) k' C$ f6 \+ cTF 1161 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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Allied Ships
+ N: {/ Y4 e# `! V0 n. zDD Harrison, Mine hits 2, on fire* _' \8 A' z2 g' z* C. T
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TF 1162 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)' e$ P, E4 V% N" Q% w, N# R9 G
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7 z3 s* l% D0 y; c) x4 IDD Swanson, Mine hits 1, on fire
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TF 1164 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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DD Cogswell, Mine hits 1, on fire
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$ N! B9 q+ M* k2 I& O G) B" lTF 1088 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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DD Valkenburgh
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DD Black
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7 o; M- k5 m7 i2 S% {DD Bell, Mine hits 1
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TF 1092 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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0 g* `' N# [4 L% S7 uDD Callaghan" F8 J1 ^ o% ~: l, R$ I
DD Clarence Bronson, Mine hits 1, on fire/ u6 P7 x! v( |- O/ {# h
CA Chicago, Mine hits 1# O& y! W* J9 l' S" K+ }( j
DD Waldron
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# A& B1 ~9 t4 U" L- ?6 s8 T. SSomehow a replenishment group entered Bonin and started unloadin - fuel?!$ L, E" s3 Z$ q: t2 S( V6 u
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TF 1092 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)0 E- ?" B% m* G- h9 J
& U5 b, o( j0 f: f+ _, DTF 1092 troops unloading over beach at Bonin, 65,52) w$ ]8 Y$ U4 `9 F5 }
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DD Bush; e8 {: X6 F7 t) o
DD Burns
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DD Callaghan
. e7 i9 j( V2 v( a/ nDD Clarence Bronson, on fire* b# V) \% m. g( o
AE Mount Baker, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
( j9 w7 U q u# ZAO Caliente, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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AO Ashtabula, Mine hits 1, on fire
; ]3 u8 w. p1 d- }6 zAO Mississinewa, Mine hits 1, on fire 5 C! `7 s0 [) D* \& N7 f
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