GUADALCANAL WAR
RAIDS BY BOTH SIDES
(Rec. 10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, January 22. A Navy Department communique says: "During the night of January 20-21 United States aircraft carried out several harassing attacks on enemy installations on Ballale Island. The results were not observed. "A Japanese plane dropped several bombs on Espiritu Santo Island in the New Hebrides. There were no casualties and no damage was done. During the night of January 21-22 a single enemy plane dropped bombs in the vicinity of the airfield on Guadalcanal, causing minor damage to installations. Three men were killed and one wounded. Anti-aircraft fire shot down one enemy plane. "The United States ground forces on Guadalcanal continued mopping up pockets of enemy resistance and made small advances in some sectors."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 19, 23 January 1943, Page 5
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125GUADALCANAL WAR Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 19, 23 January 1943, Page 5
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