Name: D-DAY IN THE PACIFIC (Part 2): Americans Hunt Down The Imperial Fleet | Battle 360 | History
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The Imperial Navy has been sent to halt an American offensive

The US fleet has been putting up a vicious fight,

blasting hundreds of enemy planes out of the sky.

have been unable to locate the main enemy fleet.

Objective-- drive the remains of Ozawa's task force

Strategy-- fly constant searches until the Imperial ships

But the seek-and-destroy mission goes on for hours,

and still Admiral Marc Mitscher cannot find Admiral Ozawa.

Tension is high aboard the Big E as the afternoon wears on.

300 miles away, Enterprise search planes finally

6:30 PM-- finally, after two hours in the air,

Killer Kane's air group spots the enemy fleet.

12,000 feet below, they've discovered a major part

Ryuho, Junyo, and Hiyo, and cruisers Mogami and Nagato.

Kane's forces immediately split up and make

The Japanese surface ships open up with a deadly fusillade

of flak as the dive bombers and Hellcats begin their assault,

Jig Dog Ramage and five SBDs line up for a bombing

Jig Dog wings over and makes a steep dive on the enemy ship.

JAMES RAMAGE: I put the pipper, as we called it, just forward

of the bow and went down to the 2,000 feet,

NARRATOR: Ramage delivers 1,000 pounds of terror on the Ryuho

One by one, four other SBDs drop their payloads

gets a choice opportunity to admire the grisly work

Ryuho has been mauled, and carrier Hiyo is wounded

Enterprise bomb hits help finish her off.

Just as the Hellcats rejoin the dive bombers,

Flash Gordon spots a target of opportunity.

DONALD GORDON: Way down on the water, maybe 10 miles east,

NARRATOR: Gordon immediately firewalls the Hellcat

and pulls the big plane into a half loop and a half roll.

He races after the Zero, draws a bead, and cuts loose

Pulled up in the top of the loop and shot him down.

Then we came back down and joined up with the bombers.

NARRATOR: The Zero was Flash Gordon's seventh and final kill

He and his fellow pilots escape the last enemy flak bursts

The Battle of the Philippines sees a disaster

Admiral Ozawa has failed to drive the US fleet from Saipan,

and the defeat has cost him hundreds of Imperial pilots

and three aircraft carriers, Hiyo, Taiyo, and Shokaku.

was to hear that our old nemesis, the Shokaku,

the aftermath of the battle is a recognition that their carrier

NARRATOR: But the Japanese fleet is not finished yet.

The Big E's nemesis, Zuikaku, is still afloat,

Massive battle wagons Musashi and Yamato,

along with an armada of cruisers and destroyers,

are ready to meet the Enterprise in battle.

The bloody combat on Saipan goes on for another three weeks.

It becomes one of the most costly battles

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