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battle of the Philippine Sea
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Noun1.battle of the Philippine Sea - a naval battle in World War II (1944)battle of the Philippine Sea - a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte
Philippine Sea
Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world
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By August 1944, the American 5th fleet had captured Saipan, Tinian, and Guam, and had destroyed Japan's naval aviation force at what became known as "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.
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He began his wartime service as an anti-aircraft gunner aboard the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) just in time for the invasion of Saipan and the Marianas Turkey Shoot, a battle in which 300 Japanese aircraft were shot down.
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