After the U.S. invaded Saipan on 15 June 1944, the Japanese initiated Operation ?ÆA?ô (A GO) as a counterattack. Japan?òs First Mobile Fleet under Vice Adm. Jisaburo Ozawa fought against Adm. Raymond Spruance?òs Fifth Fleet, Vice Adm. Marc Mitcher?òs TF
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