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我在國小上社會課和國中上歷史課時，課本對於第二次世界大戰的描述是以「八年抗戰」、「對日抗戰」的史觀為中心。隨著對這段歷史越來越投入，我漸漸領悟到，對台灣這塊土地來說，「抗戰」的主要發動者是美國，而當時受日本統治的台灣其實是「抗戰」的受方，反而中華民國沒有直接的角色。我這一系列的圖文，就是要呈現「對日抗戰」的另一個面向，讓大家知道當年的台灣在哪些地點發生過哪些事。
1945年1月9日清晨，15架SB2C、6架TBM與7架護航的F6F從美國海軍提康德羅加號航空母艦（CV-14）起飛，執行對台攻擊任務，主要目標是中部的公館飛行場。不過台灣地區在冬季的天候往往不佳，這一天也不例外，中部上空完全被雲層籠罩，這批飛機只好往南飛行，找尋其他適合攻擊的目標。他們在高雄地區上空雲層的開口發現一座大型機場，於是立刻逮住機會發動攻擊。事後，美軍根據當天的照片確認被攻擊的是屏東飛行場。
On the morning of January 9, 1945, fifteen SB2C and 6 TBM, escorted by seven F6F, took off from the USN aircraft carrier Ticonderoga (CV-14) for an attack mission against Formosa. Their primary target was Toyohara Airdrome in central Taiwan. However, extremely bad weather was encountered on their way to the target area and Toyohara was completely obscured. The flight headed for south to look for holes in the clouds but found no openings until reaching the Takao area. A large airbase was noted through the openings in the clouds and attack was at once initiated. The base was later identified as Heito Airdrome from photos taken in the mission.
機隊中的SB2C主要轟炸的對象是行政區和棚廠：
The SB2C dropped their bombs on administration buildings and hangars:
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上圖左側可以看到幾架雙引擎的飛機，下圖是放大後的影像。
Twin=engine aircraft can be seen on the left side of the photo above. The following image is the enlarged version.
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有兩架TBM對機場南面的鐵路進行攻擊：
Two TBM dropped bombs along the railway south of the field:
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另外三架TBM則是對屏東南飛行場內投彈：
Three TBM bombed Heito South field itself:
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以下這張在較高的高度拍攝的照片幾乎涵蓋了南北兩個飛行場，各位可以跟最上面美軍任務報告的手繪圖比較。
The higher-altitude photo below shows bomb bursts and provides a better overall view.
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美軍在這次行動中損失了一架SB2C，它完成俯衝攻擊後脫離爬升到4000呎的雲層後就不見蹤影，機上的兩名乘員被判定失蹤。
An SB2C of VB-80 failed to return. It was last seen after pull-out flying into the cloud layer at 4000′ and smoking slightly. Lt. Palmer and ARM3c Ring were declared missing in action.