On December 22, General Heinrich von Luettwitz, commander of the German XLVIIth Armored Corps, sent a written note to General A.C. McAuliffe, commanding the 101st Airborne, demanding surrender of Bastogne. He received a one-word answer which became famous: “NUTS!”
William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The carrier reeferred to in the Nimitz Graybook was about 200 miles south of Nagoya Japan and 300 miles east of Miyazka Japan heading due south. I assume this was not the boat the Redfish took out since that was previous reported.
Did these carriers ever run without escort or was this a referrence to just the biggest/primary boat?