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POSITIONS IN SOUTH PACIFIC (Rec. 10.15 a.m.) Washington, Jan. It. The Guadalcanal’ correspondent of the Associated Press of America says a task force of United States cruisers and destroyers bombarded Japanese positions on Shortland Island last Saturday night, speedily silencing light fire from several shore batteries. Several nres. including a fuel dump, were seen several hours later. Installations on *aisi Island were also bombed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 12 January 1944, Page 5
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