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The Risks of Using Aircraft Carriers for Morale Boosting
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The United States' decision to use two aircraft carriers for morale boosting purposes may come at a great cost as aircraft carriers have turned out to be the most important ships in the mid 20th century and the country only has four deployed in the Pacific theater. While some argue that there may have been a real world military effect to this decision, it is not worth the risk of losing two carriers in early 1942.
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