Here's an intresting tidbit....the all time record for most enemy aircraft confirmed shot down in a single action goes to the USS South Dakota.
During the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, on October 26, 1942, she was attacked by a force of over 65 dive and torpedo bombers. In a wild melee in which she suffered three bomb hits and a near miss, she shot down 26 of her attackers. A record that has remained unbroken to this day.
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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