Fourteenth and Fifteenth War Patrols
On her 14th war patrol, from 3 November to 30 November, Gar landed 16 men and 25 tons of supplies at Santiago Cove, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 23 November; picked up intelligence documents, and terminated her patrol in Mios Woendi lagoon. On her 15th and final war patrol, from 4 December to 27 December, she landed 35 tons of supplies on the west coast of Luzon, near Duriagaos Inlet on 11 December, returning to Pearl Harbor with urgent intelligence documents including maps locating enemy gun emplacements, beach defenses, troop concentrations, and fuel and ammunition dumps on Luzon.
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