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    "ocrText": "i. JAMAICA (CL), CHARITY (DD), and CONSORT (DD) are continuing\neffective west coast patrol close inshore. COCKADE (DD) sank a motor\njunk. (COMNAVFE) (SECRET)\nj. EVERTSEN (DD) was damaged by grounding and is being towed by\nCOCKADE (DD) to Sasebo. (COMNAVFE) (SECRET)\nk. Marine aircraft from SICILY (CVE) and BADOENG STRAIT (CVE)\ncontinued effective close air support missions for the ground forces in the\nsouthern sector using rockets, bombs, and gunfire with the following results:\n2 machine gun nests, 1 mortar position, 4 artillery emplacements, and 2 tanks\ndestroyed; 1 bridge damaged. In addition, attacks were made on troop concen-\ntrations under the direction of ground control during which enemy troops were\ncleared from a hill crest area, a ravine, and other areas of concentration.\n(COMNAVFE) (SECRET)\n1. Naval aircraft from PHILIPPINE SEA (CV) and VALLEY FORGE (CV)\nconducted a strike against the Inchon-Seoul area with the following results:\na metal works at Inchon, 2 warehouses, 500 oil drums, 8 tanks, 14 trucks,\n12 ammo trucks, a direct 1000# bomb hit on the west Seoul bridge, a direct\n1000# bomb hit on the middle Seoul bridge, 1 half-track, 1 power station,\n3 transformers, 1 gas tank, 1 RR oil car, 1 bus, 4 RR box cars, 1 ammo\ndump, and a section of RR track were destroyed; a supply dump, many ware-\nhouses, a vehicle factory, a transportation assembly plant, barracks, RR yards,\n7 trucks, 3 tanks, 1 bridge, 1 ammo dump, 1 tunnel with a train inside,\n1 RR train, switching yards, and AA positions were damaged. (COM7THFLT)\n(RESTRICTED)\nAIR\nm. The heaviest strike to date was made on 10 August by B-29's which\ndropped approximately 625 tons of bombs on major North Korean targets.\nThe Wonsan marshalling yards and railroad repair shops as well as the Oil\nRefinery at Wonsan were hit heavily by visual bombing. Flames were seen\nto rise to 3,000 feet. Other B-29's attacked main transportation lines and\nbridges in North Korea with fair to excellent results. Very little flak was\nencountered. At Seoul, 3 F-51's attacked Kimpo airfield destroying 3 Yak-\ntype aircraft, 3 fuel dumps, and 3 AA positions. (FEAF) (SECRET)\nn. Partial reports state that the 5th Air Force flew 159 sorties in support\nof ground operations as of 1800/10 (KT). With the good weather prevailing\nin the area, this figure is expected to exceed 400. (FEAF) (SECRET)\n5"
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