On September 6, the force was sent to the Caroline Islands for an air strike against Palau, then immediately after to Mindanao Island in the Philippines for another air strike. After a one-day rest on September 12, they hit more Philippine islands: Negros, Cebu, Leyte, Samar, Bohol, and the southern tip of Luzon.
The very next day, September 15, the Mobile was in the Caroline Islands, covering the landing on Peleliu, and stuck around to assist the landing on Anguar two days later.
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From the Data Section of Joe's Journal:
18 - Caroline Is. __________ Sept 6, 7, 1944
Palau air strike
Heavy damaged
___ Philippine Is. ________ Sept 6, 7 1944
Mindanao ____ air strike
52 Jap ships Sunk
___ Philippine Is _________ Sept 12, 13 & 14, 1944
Cebu ____ } __ air strike
Samar ___ } __ 191 Jap planes
Banay* __ } __ destroyed & 50 to 80
Davao# __ } __ ships sunk
Negros __ }
___ Caroline Is. __________ Sept 15
Angaur __ } __ landed troops
Peleliu _ }
* Banay is a misspelling of Panay
# Davao is a city on Mindanao
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