RARE WWII April 11th 1945 USS Hornet Okinawa Navy Pacific Theater Combat Report For Sale

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*ORDER GIVEN TO ATTACK ANY SUBMARINES SPOTTED WITHOUT NOTICE. SECRET CHALLENGE/CALL SIGNS GIVEN FOR SHIPS IN AREA. OKINAWA AND SAIPAN LANE ROUTES. TINIAN AND IWO JIMA SEARCHING AIR MISSIONS. GERMAN U-BOAT SUNK OFF JAVA. ALSO SPEAKS LOTS ON JAPANESE AND GERMAN RELATIONS.

This rare museum-grade USS Hornet USN Pacific Theater combat report memorandum was printed on the USS Hornet during one of the most intensive air, naval, and land operations in the Pacific Theater. These memorandums were for high-ranking officers to provide them with the most updated intelligence. These memorandums contain confidential and secret information and provide the most updated information on battles in operations in the area.

This memorandum was effective at 16:00 April 11 to 1600 April 12, 1945 during which the USS Hornet participated in the Ryūkyū Islands Campaign (Jan-Jun 1945) and Operation Iceberg (Okinawa Gunto Operation) beginning on April 1st, 1945.

On 25 April 1944, Rear AdmiralFrank D. Wagnerformed Carrier Division Five when he assumed command aboardUSSWaspandUSSHornetin Pearl Harbor. Rear AdmiralJoseph J. Clarksucceeded Wagner and commanded the division through 12 months of sustained combat operations in the Western Pacific and waters surrounding Japan, working for both Third Fleet (ADM William Halsey) and Fifth Fleet (ADM Raymond Spruance). This included participation in the First and Second Philippine Sea Battles and the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns. Clark was succeeded by Rear AdmiralArthur C. Davisin July 1945.

Dated April 1945 this original combat report provides an extremely rare look at offensive strikes carried out against the Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater by the Carrier Strike Force. These reports detail some of the most famous battles and offensives of the Pacific and were meant to inform high command and officers for future strategic combat decisions.

USS Hornet WWII Campaign History:

USS Hornet is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II. Completed in late 1943, the ship was assigned to the Fast Carrier Task Force (variously designated as Task Force 38 or 58) in the Pacific Ocean, the navy\'s primary offensive force during the Pacific War. The USS Hornet CV-12 had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the amphibious landing on Palau, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa and strikes against the Japanese home islands. The USS Hornet and its air groups were credited with shooting down 688 planes, destroying another 742 aircraft on the ground, sinking a carrier, cruiser, 42 cargo ships and 10 destroyers and assisting in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato. The Hornet received seven battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation during World War II.

USSHornet(CV-12) was awarded nine Battle Stars for Pacific service in World War II:

• One Star — Asiatic-Pacific Raids – 1944

• One Star — Hollandia Operation – 1944

• One Star — Marianas Operation – 1944

• One Star — Western Caroline Islands Operation – 1944

• One Star — Western New Guinea Operation – 1944

• One Star — Leyte Operation – 1944

• One Star — Luzon Operation – 1944-1945

• One Star — Iwo Jima Operation – 1945

• One Star — Okinawa Gunto Operation – 1945