Japanese destroyer Chikuma being bombed by
a USS Saratoga-based plane, 5 Nov 1943
(US National Archives)
70 Years Ago—Nov. 5,
1943: Capt. Clark Gable
leaves England, having flown 5 missions with the US Eighth Air Force, with
footage for his documentary, Combat
America. US carriers Saratoga
& Princeton cripple 7 cruisers and
2 destroyers at Japanese base of Rabaul; first US carrier strike on Rabaul.
