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By tk
Sunday, May 11, 2003
*Letter to the Editor: Sediment dumped into Calibogue Sound cannot escape
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-11-03
*Crews clean dredge foam off beaches
-Fernandina Beaches Leader, 5-11-03
*Two men apparently drown along stretch of Gulf
-Florida Times Union, 5-11-03
*It's time once again to beware of alligators
-St Augustine Record, 5-11-03
*Palafox Pier filling up
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-11-03
*Beach owners to beach cleaners: Get off!
*Fishing Tales: Surf fishing's for the savvy
-Destin Log, 5-10-03
Leyte P 5.
US Third and Seventh Fleets.
Vice Admiral Kinkaid commanded the Seventh Fleet, charged with husbanding the landing forces for the Leyte operation, his force consisted of some 738 ships containing many different class of vessel. It included a large cruiser group, some old battleships that had survived Pearl Harbor, and a large number of the housemaids of the Navy, the destroyers.
The Third Fleet under the command of Bull Halsey who in turn reported to Admiral Nimitz, in Command of Central Pacific, was supposed to provide cover for the Seventh Fleet. Suprisingly no overall Naval Commander was appointed for this campaign, as Kinkaid reported to MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Command, this split of the Naval Command led to much confusion in the forthcoming engagements, and very nearly led to a total strategic disaster for the Allied forces.
The drawing showing the Naval Command structure to go inhere please. Terry, could the first chart go in here please, plus the chart of Kurita's force?
1. Two US Submarines attack Japanese forces in the Palawan Passage.
Early on the 23rd. of October, the first contact was made with the Japanese ships, Kurita's Central Force was sighted by US Submarines Darter and Dace in the Palawan Passage. They fired a spread of torpedoes, Admiral Kurita's flagship, the heavy cruiser Atago was torpedoed and sunk, Maya also sank, whilst Takao being severely damaged was escorted away by two destroyers to Brunei, and took no further part in the proceedings. Unfortunately Darter ran aground on a shoal, had to be abandoned, and was stripped clean of anything that may be valuable to the enemy.
Quote corrections:
Some corrections please.
Starting at General Fuller, there are some odd notations all the same i/c? and TM,
Under Winston Churchill Para 4 and para p ( twice )
Victor Emmanuel 3 times
Norman Schwartzkof 2nd para.
Thanks.
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