CO-ORDINATED RAIDS
Jaluit Bombed By U.S. Planes
WASHINGTON, May 1(1
In a co-ordinated assault by army, navy and Marine Corps planes 240 tons of bombs were dropped on Jaluit atoll on Sunday night, says a Pacific Fleet communique. The planes flew 284 sorties, attacking at altitudes ranging from 50 to 10,000 feet. Other aircraft harassed other objectives in the Marshalls. A. navy Ventura bombed Shnmushu. Another search plane dropped four 10001 b. bombs on a mediumsized cargo ship anchored at Truk. The airstrip at Puluwat Island was bombed and strafed.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 197, 18 May 1944, Page 5
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90CO-ORDINATED RAIDS Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 197, 18 May 1944, Page 5
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