U.S. Pacific Fleet Task Force bombards New Georgia Islands

Record ID: 356409

  • Title: U.S. Pacific Fleet Task Force bombards New Georgia Islands
  • Date: 16th August 1943
  • Summary: SOLOMON ISLANDS: New Georgia: EXT AEROPLANES (America) Patrol planes on look out w. U.S. Task force of Pacific Fleet AMERICAN NAVAL. U.S. Task force of Pacific Fleet north of Guadalcanal..night bombardment..sailors asleep at dawn..planes patrol GUNS. U.S.Task force of Pacific Fleet bombards New Georgia Islands at NIGHT SOLOMON ISLANDS. U.S. Task force of Pacific
  • Embargoed: 31st August 1943 13:00
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  • Location: New Gergia Islands
  • Country: Papua New Guinea
  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA65A4SSYVM2W0O3HAZW24R0LNM
  • Story Text: Aiming to capture the Japanese airfield at Munda, the Task Force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet bombs the Japanese perimeter at New Georgia, and afterward, exhausted sailors sleep at their stations
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