Showers. Jap fleet sighted. Making air strikes on it. Enemy plane dropped bomb 50 yards off our stern while on picket. Attacked again at 1635 but no damage done. Princeton hit seriously. Fueled and formed Halseys special attack group 34.5. Now heading to try and cut off Jap fleet. Princeton has sunk, Burmingham has been hit seriously. Believe we have damaged or sunk over half of the Jap navy.
Open in the diary →Jap fleet beat us to passage by one hour. Our planes are trying to reach it now.
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