USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73) 12-15 June 1944

U.S. Navy Photograph

from the personal collection of Tony Potochniak
USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)

USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE 73)  taken from USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB 48) during the Saipan Operation.  Assigned to TG 52.11, GAMBIER BAY provided close air support to the amphibious landings. Her aircraft were credited with destroying many enemy gun emplacements, tanks, and trucks.  On 17 June 1944, her embarked composite squadron, VC-10, shot down all but a handful of 47 enemy planes headed for the U.S. task group and her gunners shot down 2 of the 3 planes that did break through to attack her.

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