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Ad for the 5" Gun on CVE-76's Stern

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Lt. Gene Seitz Charges his guns as he leaves the deck with his flaps and gear still down bags his first victory on a twin engine bomber.

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Pride of the Japanese Fleet was turned back by a group of CVEs...Combustible, Vernerable, Expendable...and Their Air Squadrons of TAFFY 1, TAFFY 2 and TAFFY 3

Making Smoke on 25 Oct 44

CVEs leave Manus Atoll on 10 OCT 44 for the Philippines

Photo of the Palu Landings. Photo is credited to CVE-76/VC-20

Surrender on the MO

Kadashan Bay, Alaska

CVE-76's Squadron attacks the Battleship NAGATO

A Kamikaze is Splashed

PALAU INVASION 9/12/44-10/1/44

LEYTE INVASION 10/24/44-10/30/44

NAVAL BATTLE off SAMAR 10/25/44

MINDORO INVASION 12/14/44-12/16/44

LUZON ISLAND INVASION hit by KAMIKAZE 1/8/45

PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL 2 STARS

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The white spot is the 3rd bomb and is a direct hit

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Audrey Ackerman and Edgar Kaiser at the Christening of  hull #322...the USS KADASHAN BAY on 11 Dec 43. The Christening took place at midnight, the second one to take place at the shipyards.

WW II Pacific Operations that earned a battle star. ( # ) indicates the number of campaigns within that operation. Participation in one or more campaign still earned only 1 star. P1   Pearl Habor-Midway     7-Dec 41 P2   Wake Island       8-23- Dec 41 P3   Philippine Islands   8 Dec-7 Mar 42 P4   Netherlands/East Indies 23-24 Jan 42 P5   Pacific Raids 1942 Feb-Mar 42 P6   Coral Sea    7-8 May 42 P7   Midway    4-6 Jun 42 P8   Guadalcanal-Tulagi  7-9 Aug 42 P9   Defense of Guadalcanal 18 Sep-12 Nov 42 P10 Makin Raid P11 Eastern Solomons  23-25 Aug 42 P12 Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid 5 Oct 42 P13 Cape Esperance   11-12 Oct 42 P14 Santa Cruz Islands 11-26 Oct 42 P15 Guadalcanal (Third Savo)  12-15 Nov 42 P16 Tassafaronga   30 Nov 42 P17 Eastern New Guinea Op. (7)  30 Jun 42-1 Mar 44 P18 Rennel Island  29-30 Jan 43 P19 Consolidation-Solomons Is (2)  8 Feb 43-15 Mar 45 P20 Aleutians Islands (2)  26 Mar-2Jun 43 P21 New Georgia Group (6) 20 Jun -16 Oct 43 P22 Bismark Archipelago (13)  25 Jun 43-1 May 44 P23 Pacific Raids 1943 (3)  31 Aug 6 Oct 43 P24 Trasury-Bougainville (12)  27 Oct-15 Dec 43 P25 Gilbert Is.  13 Nov-8 Dec 43 P26 Marshall Is.  (5)  26 Nov 43--2 Mar 44 P27 Asiatic-Pacific Raids 1944 (7)  16 Feb-9 Oct 44 P28 Western New Guinea (8)  21 Apr 44-9Jan 45 P29 Marianas  (10)  10 Jun 27 Aug 44 P30 Western Caroline Is (3)  31 Aug-14 Oct 44 P31 Leyte Operation (10)  10 Oct 16 Dec 44 P32 Luzon Operation (6)  12 Dec 44-1 Apr 45 P33 Iwo Jima  (3)  15 Feb-16 Mar 45 P34 Okinawa Gunto (2)  17 Mar-30 Jun 45 P35 3rd Fleet Op. against Japan 10 Jul-15 Aug 45 P36 Kurile Is. (8)  1 Feb44-11 Aug 45 P37 Borneo Op. (3)  15 Jun-7 Jul 45 P38 Tinian Capture   20 Jul-10 Aug 45 P39 Consol.Southern Philippines 28 Feb-4 May 45 P40 Hollandia Op. (2)  18 Apr-4 Jul 44 P41 Manila Bay-Bicol  (3)  29 Jan-28 Feb 45 P42 Escort, ASP, Armed Guard, Special Op. P43 Submarine Patrols (Pacific) The Katie B received a Battle Star for P30, P31, P32. A total of 19 campaigns of which she participated in 5 of those campaigns.

25  OCT 44  Taffy 3 under attack

YAMAMOTO under attack by VC-20

The attached list of Operations was sent to me by Walter "Ski" Skeldon as he helped me understand Operations vs. Campaigns. Thanks Ski,