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Perilous Battle at Cavite Bay Aboard MTB Fleet
The account describes sabotage in gas drums, ration cuts, a wounded officer tending a finger infection, and a massive Japanese air raid on Manila Bay. Bulkeley and crew dodge dive bombers, witness Cavite ablaze, and face a crippled supply chain with damaged ships and engines while awaiting orders for possible Lingayen actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Manila
Formosa
Nichols Field
Cavite
Bulkeley
Luzon
Chalker
Texarkana
Texas
Houlihan
Admiral Rockwell
Mariveles
Ensign Cox
New York
Kelly
De-Long
Bataan
The
Rock
Corregidor
Slo
Fleet
Lingayen
Colin Kelly