From: "Keith Willshaw"

Date: 4/17/2004 16:01 Pacific Daylight Time

"Scott Mayfield" wrote in message
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If my memory serves me correctly, the carriers were all at sea for
carquals, and too far out to get an effective defense over Pearl.

At sea yes but not for caquals, as I recall they were delivering
aircraft to Wake and Midway.

And the third was preparing to depart SDiego for Pearl.

MW