MARSHALL ISLES
NEW BLOW BY ARMY PLANES
WASHINGTON, December 16. ' Heavy bombers of the United States Seventh Air Force yesterday struck at Taroa and Wotje, in the Marshall Islands, states a Navy Department communique. More than 40 tons of bombs damaged installations on both islands. I At Taroa, where damage was inflicted on buildings and storage spaces, the bombers were attacked by 30 Zeros, two of which were shot down, eight probably dei|royed, and eight damaged. One American bomber was lost and several damaged. At Wotje, where fires were observed as a result of bombing, the raiders were not damaged.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 147, 18 December 1943, Page 7
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