BOMBS ON WAKE ISLAND
AMERICAN PLANES DROP FORTY TONS (Recd. 5 p.m.) Honolulu, Jan. 2. American bombers dropped 40 tens of bombs on Wake Island on December 24. All returned. Huge fires were started. The Japanese were surprised and offered only erratic anti-aircraft fire. Admiral Nimitz disclosed th<. the bombing raid on Wake Island was the largest mass Army heavy bomber raid during the Pacific war. The attack was made at a low level. Fires were visible from a distance of 75 miles.
(Recd. 6.30 p.m.) New York, Jan. 2. The Associated Press reports that Lou Zamperini, describing his sensations in the bomber raid on Wake Island, said: “Nobody was scared. Everybody was excited and jumpy, the same as before a big race.” Zamperini, national collegiate mile champion, represented America at the Berlin Olympia in 1936. Zamperini said: “Personally I was more scared before racing Venzke and Fenske. A raid burns up as much energy as a good mile race. The great thrill of seeing the bombs hit the targets justified the risks.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 2, 4 January 1943, Page 5
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