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The Carrier Raids, the Battle of Midway, the Marianas Turkey Shoot - none of these would have been possible without the US Navy's carriers, aircraft, and pilots. To sustain the fight against Japan however, America had keep aircraft flying, a precariously neglected capability. With an unprecedented expansion of repair and maintenance facilities and capacities, the USN helped set the stage for victory.

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- Sources -
Carter, Worrall (1952) Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil - The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World, The Navy Department Library.

Fisher, Stan (2023). Sustaining the Carrier War – The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, ML.

Hone, Thomas C. (2013) "Replacing Battleships with Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific in World War II," Naval War College Review: Vol. 66 : No. 1 , Article 6.

- Timecodes -
00:00 - War in the Pacific
00:53 - Building a Force
02:41 - Hangar Queens
04:47 - Keep 'em Flying
08:51 - Naval Institute Press (Sponsored Segment)
09:26 - Maintenance on the Fly
12:24 - Sustaining Victory

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