IN ORMOC BAY
RIVAL NAVIES CLASH
EACH SIDE LOSES SHIP (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) Rec. 1 p.m. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. ' General Mac Arthur announced that the Americans and Japanese each lost : a destroyer in a naval battle in Ornioc , Bay. Most of the American destroyer's crew were saved, many by plane. ! Six Japanese planes were shot down ■ anu two others probably destroyed. i A Pacific Fleet communique reports 1 that bombers struck airstrips and in- ; ] stallations on I%vo Jima on Friday and ; I Saturday and installations on Haha •■Jima on Saturday. Fighters-destroyed ■ ( an ammunition dump on Babelthaup on ■I 7i BlVoUac and storage areas in vie Falaus were bombed by Marine Corps aircraft and buildings were destroyed on Babelthaup. ' .An airstrip on Yap, installations on ■ -Rota, and an airstrip on Pagan Island were also bombed. Venturas bombed and strafed Wake
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1944, Page 6
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139IN ORMOC BAY Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1944, Page 6
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