 Complete the following phrase:  After several weeks of training, Ringgold joined a fast carrier task force built around , , and . The force worked over Marcus Island 1 September 1943 and then moved on to conduct a raid in the Gilberts. The carrier planes conducted seven strikes 1819 September on Tarawa and Makin. A Japanese diarist recorded that Tarawa is a sea of flames; nine parked planes and five vessels were destroyed. Most importantly, planes from returned with a set of low oblique photos of the lagoon side of Betio, and these proved to be most useful in planning the 