The Chinese “just ran rings around us,” said former Joint Chiefs Vice Chair Gen. was much slower to rebuild, taking years to replace ships as it reckoned with how shriveled its industrial base had become compared to China’s. And as a protracted siege ensued, the U.S. The United States and its main ally, Japan, lost thousands of servicemembers, dozens of ships, and hundreds of aircraft. managed to even the odds for a time by deploying more sophisticated submarines as well as B-21 and B-2 stealth bombers to get inside China’s air defense zones, but Washington ran out of key munitions in a matter of days and saw its network access severed. and allied air bases and ships in the Indo-Pacific. Having taken seriously President Joe Biden’s pledge to defend the island, Beijing also struck pre-emptively at U.S. Lieutenant Gray has consistently shown a brilliant fighting spirit and most inspiring leadership.The war began in the early morning hours with a massive bombardment - China’s version of “shock and awe.” Chinese planes and rockets swiftly destroyed most of Taiwan’s navy and air force as the People’s Liberation army and navy mounted a massive amphibious assault across the 100-mile Taiwan Strait. “In the face of fire from shore batteries and a heavy concentration of fire from some five warships Lieutenant Gray pressed home his attack, flying very low in order to ensure success, and, although he was hit and his aircraft was in flames, he obtained at least one direct hit, sinking the destroyer. The London Gazette gave the following citation on Nov. He was the only member of the Royal Canadian Navy to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. Gray was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously, for courage and determination in carrying out air strikes on another Japanese destroyer, Amakusa, on Aug. Three months later, he received the Distinguished Service Cross for sinking a Japanese destroyer on 28 July 1945. Gray embarked on HMS Formidable with 1841 Squadron, which joined the war in the Pacific as part of Operation ICEBERG in April 1945. Gray served in Britain, East Africa and finally with the British Pacific Fleet which, in the final weeks of the war, was operating against the Japanese home islands with the United States Navy’s Third Fleet. Gray volunteered for the naval reserve in 1940 and served as a pilot in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. Gray joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1940, and served as a pilot in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.
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