PALAU SHELLED
By American Battleships And
Cruisers
PLANES BOIMB INSTALLATIONS
Rec. 2.30. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.
Battleships and cruisers shelled the Palau Islands, in the Carolines,, on Monday, reports a Pacific Fleet communique. Aircraft dropped 120 tons of bombs on buildings, gun positions and coastal defences on Babelthaup, Peleliu and Angaur Islands.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 217, 13 September 1944, Page 5
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