The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot
On June 20th, the Americans struck back at the Japanese fleet. The total losses for Japan were 3 aircraft carriers and nearly all of the 450 Japanese carrier aircraft.
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"They caught us before we were ready. Grummans! Many! Lots of Grummans! Grummans! Grummans! We lost about 300 aircraft with nothing done the the American task force. Our planes were shot down by Grummans, because our headquarters tried the one-way attack." - Zenji Abe, Japanese Pilot
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