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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
"Magic Carpet" Press Releases
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7 Sep 45 announces USS Saratoga
and 18 CVEs assigned to Magic Carpet duties.
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2 Oct 45 provides general description of
the task, including numbers of men to be returned to the U.S.
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7 Oct 45 announces USS Saratoga's next
round trip.
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11 Oct 45 announces addition of 6 Essex-class
CVs to Magic Carpet fleet, with details regarding their conversion.
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14 Oct 45 announces troop totals transported on next
trip of Takanis Bay.
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16 Oct 45 announces clean-up on Okinawa following typhoon.
7,500 personnel processed and evacuated since typhoon.
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17 Oct 45 explains deployment of combat ship on Navy Day,
and relation to Magic Carpet.
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17 Oct 45: a progress report of number of men
returned from where...
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18 Oct 45: Statement by
Rear Admiral Flanigan
Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Transportation
delivered before the Senate Military Affairs committee --
gives a progress report and description of remaining program.
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19 Oct 45 announces return of 4th Marine Division.
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23 Oct 45 gives over-all description of the program
and the resources needed to accomplish it.
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25 Oct 45 -- progress report, including which ships
are currently transporting which troops...
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30 Oct 45 -- another progress report.
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11 Nov 45 -- describes records of
6 BB's engaged in Magic Carpet duty.
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15 Nov 45 converted warships to begin ferrying troops
home from Europe. Names ships, their troop capacities, and schedules.
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27 Nov 45 -- another progress report.
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29 Nov 45 -- Saratoga's sixth trip, with
20,000th returnee aboard.
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30 Nov 45 -- SecNav Statement: progress to date.
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3 Dec 43 -- progress report: "home by Christmas".
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16 Dec 45 -- progress report: completion of European runs.
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17 Dec 45 -- progress report: return of Marine Division
from the Pacific.
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21 Dec 45 -- a progress report, listing
numbers and types of ships still needed to complete returns from the Pacific.
28 Nov 2006