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G0TEZ  > TODAY    19.06.14 22:51l 22 Lines 433 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Today in History - Jun 19
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Quoting:

"US carrier based fighters decimate  the Japanese Fleet with only a
minimum of lasses in the Battle of the Philipine Sea"

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End quote.

The word 'decimate means to kill a tenth of, so how did they measure it ?



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