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A detailed combat operation report (Jan. 12th 1945) of the USS Hornet during the Volcano and Ryūkyū Islands Campaign (Jan-Jun 1945). The campaign took place in theVolcanoandRyukyuisland groups. The two mainland battles in the campaign were theBattle of Iwo Jima(February 16-March 26, 1945) and theBattle of Okinawa(April 1–June 21, 1945). One major naval battle occurred, calledOperation Ten-Go(April 7, 1945) after the operational title given to it by the Japanese.
This rare WWII USS Hornet USN Pacific Theater combat report document is a U.S. Naval Communication report received by the ‘Commander Carrier Division Five". 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 January 12th, 1945 this original combat combination 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 strategical combat decisions.
USS Hornet WWII Campaign History:
USS Hornet CV-12 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
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