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History of AEW: Project Cadillac II (Part One)

February 27th, 2007 No Comments

Prelude
21 February 1945. Bismarck Sea (CVE 95) is sunk by kamikaze attack off Iwo Jima. In the same action, USS Saratoga (CV-3) was removed from action for what would be the remainder of the war and USS Enterprise suffered significant damage.
April-May 1945. Kamikazes are extracting a heavy price during the invasion of Okinawa. On the [...]

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