Raid Islands Only 400 Miles From Japan
NEW YORK,. May 22.
The Pearl Harbour correspondent of the “New York Times” says that the lone Liberators’ sorties against Shimushiro and Keto Islands, only 400 miles from Japan proper, were the closest approach yet to Tokio from the Aleutians. It is regarded as a token raid indicative of American ability and intention to press steadily inward against Japan from all sides. A, Japanese communique reports that enemy naval forces appeared in waters east of Bonin Islands and launched air attacks on Saturday and Sunday on Minamitori Island.
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Northern Advocate, 23 May 1944, Page 5
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