D-Day for Luzon. Lingayen Gulf. Again bad weather. First strike at 0700. 13 planes. We hit an airfield on Formosa. AA heaviest I have seen so far. 2 planes damaged. All returned safe. Heading for French Indo-China tonight. Big raids coming up.
Charles C. Statler
Pilot on board the USS Bunker Hill and then the USS Essex in the Pacific Theater.
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