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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "a425couple"  wrote in message news:pI2cN.73471$yAie.66496@fx44.iad...   
   >   
   > Thus although Army planes kept improving the Navy was limited to slightly   
   > enhanced versions of the old Zero. Cooperation was so poor that the Army   
   > declined the Navy's request to provide air cover over the superbattleship   
   > Musashi and US planes sank it without opposition.   
   >   
   Hmmm.  Wonder why the common trend?   
      
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   This is a good source on the battle off Samar, better than Admiral Kurita's.   
   https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1953/february/kurita-   
   attle-leyte-gulf   
      
   The message from Toyoda appears to have been a demand that Kurita reverse   
   his retreat after losing Musashi.   
      
   IIRC the Army claimed their planes were fully occupied with opposing the   
   landing, justifiably perhaps because they failed. We wasted no time   
   bulldozing out airstrips for the fighters that defended it. The US carriers   
   that were attacked were one of a group of three, totaling 16 smaller   
   carriers, also providing air support for the landing.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marston_Mat   
   "A runway 200 feet (61 m) wide and 5,000 feet (1,500 m) long could be   
   created within two days by a small team of engineers."   
      
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