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Sunday—The fifth convoy tries again in daylight—and succeeds. Under heavy Communist fire, a Nationalist LST puts ashore 17 amphibious ducks before fragmentation from near misses snaps the cable controlling her forward ramp doors and hole her sides. She is towed back to Formosa. In U.S. headquarters in Formosa, gloom remains heavy. Says one senior officer: "Even if we can improve landing methods and Communist artillery fire doesn't increase, we can't get ashore more than 80% of what's needed."