[18] CINCPAC and CINCPOA Rpt on Opns in POA in Oct 44, Ser 002397, 31 May 45. [↑]
[19] Japanese Studies in WW II, 102, Philippine Area Naval Operations, Oct–Dec 44, Part II, The Battle of Leyte Gulf, pp. 4–11. (Hereafter cited as Philippine Naval Opns.) [↑]
[20] USSBS, Naval Analysis Div, The Campaigns of the Pacific War (Washington, 1946), p. 283. [↑]
[21] Philippine Naval Opns, pp. 5, 85–86. [↑]
[22] AAF SWPA Intel Sum, Ser 247, GHQ G-3 Jnl, 29 Oct 44. [↑]
[23] AAF SWPA Intel Sum, Ser 246, GHQ G-3 Jnl, 22 Oct 44. [↑]
[24] Rad, Com3rdFlt to CINCPAC-CINCSWPA, 170352 Oct 44, GHQ G-3 Jnl, 17 Oct 44. [↑]
[25] Rad, Com3rdFlt to CINCPAC and var., H 2692, 0321,15 Oct 44, AAF Hist Archives. [↑]
[26] Air Evaluation Bd SWPA Rpt, Leyte Campaign—Philippines, 1944, p. 16. [↑]