THE MID-PACIFIC

Grey River Argus, 18 May 1944, Page 5

THE MID-PACIFIC

WASHINGTON, May 16. In a co-ordinated assault by Army, Navy, and Marine planes, 240 tons of bombs were dropped on Jaluit atoll on May 14/15, says a Pacific Fleet communique. The-planes flew 284 sorties attacking at altitudes ranging from fifty to ten thousand feet. Other aircraft harassed other objectives in the Marshalls. A Navy Ventura bombed Shimushu. Another search plane dropped four one-thousand lb. bombs on a medium sized cargo ship anchored at Truk. The airstrip at Puluwat Island was bombed ana strafed.