29 October 1943
Sulu Sea
USS Grayback became the latest sub to attempt an attack on a tanker convoy and fail, this one passing south of Palawan. An escorting PB spotted the sub before it could attack and forced it to evade deep.
DEI
Enemy Tonies shot down a P-47 that was escorting B-25s to attack Kendari.
CENTPAC and Truk
Our combined carrier fleet sent a massive raid of 115 Hellcats and 128 Avengers to pound Truk, hopefully covering the landings in progress and disrupting the enemy enough for a counterattack. 9 George fighters opposed the raid; we shot down 4 at the cost of 3 Hellcats. Pathetic, given the overall numbers. Damage on the ground was insignificant despite the size of the raid.
Some of our ships started succumbing to the damage dealt by the coastal batteries/mines:
AKAs: 3
The KB is confirmed to be in the immediate vicinity of Tinian and is supporting ongoing air raids there.
Reinforcements
TK Pueblo arrives at San Francisco
5318th PAU/FS arrives at Karachi