The first operation against oban was the call san antonio one. It was coordinated with the joint chiefsof staff strategy, which made the timing extremely important. Hansel said, let's hit nakajima and we'll cripple the japanese fighting force. Six hours later, through the clouds, they saw it. Oj here comes a modern simb bosphorus. Bobs and clank. The b 20 ninth travelled 15 hundred miles from the marianas, skimming over the ocean at several thousand feet. As they approached japan, they climbed to 25 or 30 thousand feet out of harm's way. They turned at fuji, then came