U.S. PLANES ACTIVE
OCCUPIED ISLANDS RAIDED (By Telegraph—Presa Association—Copyright.) Rec. 12.40 p.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Naval search planes attacked Kusaie Island, a Japanese air base south-west of the Marshall Islands, in daylight on Monday, bombing shore facilities. On the same afternoon army bombers attacked Mille atoll, scoring hits on storage facilities and aerodrome installations. All our planes returned safely. Enemy bombers made a nuisance raid on Tarawa Island at dusk on Monday without causing damage.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1944, Page 5
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