Marc Mitscher
On the morning of May 11, 1945, , the flagship of Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, participated as part of TG 58.3 in carrier operations 122 kilometres east of Okinawa, supporting the Okinawa invasion. "Bunker Hill" and the Fifth Fleet sortied from Ulithi in February 1945, for strikes against Okinawa and the Home Islands. "Bunker Hill" had provided aircraft for the massive effort to sink the Japanese battleship "Yamato" on April 7.