... ; as the Hornet clears the Golden Gate the Capt announced over the PA that "the target of this task force is Tokyo!- The ship's crew broke out in cheers They were met by Halsey and the USS Enterprise slong with the rest of Task Force 16 in the Pacific. Halsey was in overall command of the mission and hoped to get w/in 400 miles of Tokyo before launching the B-25s The Hornet and Enterprise represented ½ of the US ... Tokyo; he climbed to 1200 ft and dropped 4 incendiary clusters over Tokyo; anti-aircraft fire rocked the plane The other planes arrived from several directions b/c of headwi...

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