Jap. Casualties Rise
(Roe. 2.30 p.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. Japanese casualties in the Hollandia— Aitape sector. Northern New Guinea, have now risen to 3042. General MacArthur’s communique today reports the killing of 430 enemy stragglers and the capture of 45. At Wakde Island, 076 Japanese dead have been counted and the total is still mounting.
On ihe mainland, in the Sarmi area, scattered enemy elements attempting counter-attacks have been defeated with more than ICO killed. Widespread air attacks on Japanese bases throughout New Guinea continue. .
It is now reported that Friday’s raid on Manokwari resulted in the destruction of five enemy coastal vessels.
Two other Japanese ships were severely damaged when Solomons-based bombers raided Nomoi, Caroline Islands. • At Lamotrek, 540 miles west of Nomoi, nine enemy float-planes were destroyed.
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Northern Advocate, 23 May 1944, Page 2
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