TARAWA LOSS
SOMEWHAT LESS THAN FIRST ANNOUNCED. SURVIVORS FROM AMERICAN CARRIER. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) NEW YORK, January G. The total casualties of the marines in the Tarawa landing are somewhat ■less than the previously announced figure of 2583, said the Director’ of Navy Public Relations, Captain Lovette. The casualty reports, which were still coming in, show that some men who were presumed dead have turned up alive and others who wore reported missing were found many miles distant with other units. The Navy announced that there were 269 survivors from the escort-carrier Liscombe Bay, which was sunk on November 24. The total complement was not disclosed because she was a new type of ship, concerning which the Japanese presumably have scanty knowledge.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1944, Page 3
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