Sailed Close To Truk, But Japs. Sat Tight
(Rec. 3.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15
Captain John Cassady, commanding the carrier Saratoga, in what he described as “guinea pig runs," told a Press Conference f hat an American carrier task force steamed close to the Japanese naval base of Truk and tried to get the Japanse to poke their noses out. but they stayed securely behind their nets.
The Saratoga and other units penetrated areas of Truk, where the Japanese normally operate regular aitservices. but they apparently were not seen.
Captain Cassady's report was the first of any action so close to Truk base. Captain Cassady said the Sara'oga participated in 30 days’ battling in the Facific during which the carrier task force knocked out four enemy airfields, sank two warships, damaged 12 others, shot down 24 planes, probably shot down 23 more and destroyed 24 on the ground. Captain Cassady said that two attacks on Rabaul caused such damage that the Japanese had completely abandoned Rabaul as a naval base, but the enemy still had four good landing fields there and the Rabaul area garrisoned a large number of troops.
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Northern Advocate, 16 December 1943, Page 6
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