U.S. Navy Carrier Task Force Heads For Big Japanese Base -- A bomb slung beneath its fuselage, a U.S. Navy dive-bomber flies above units of a U.S. Navy task force steaming through the Central Pacific toward Palau, strategic Japanese base in the Caroline Islands. Two aircraft carriers (lower left and upper (left) and a battleship (upper right) can be seen while white wakes mark other units of the force. During a recent three-day air and sea attack on enemy strongholds in the Western Carolines,