JAP SHIPS SUFFER
United States Air Raid On Marshall Islands LARGE DESTROYER DAMAGED Rec. 2 p.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. I When American Army Air Force ' bombers struck Maloelap atoll, in the Marshails, a smail auxiliary vessel was sunk and a medium cargo ship was heavily bombed and probably sunk. A large destroyer was also heavily damaged, says a Pacific Fleet communique. Installations on several of the atolls of those islands were also bombed. Two attacks were carried out against the Mili atoll. Enemy bombers attacked Tarawa, in the Gilbert Group, causing minor damage to installations and minor casualties.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 11, 14 January 1944, Page 5
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