JAPANESE ARSENAL
/ Naval Blasting Of Saipan ■ WASHINGTON, June 21. • 'A. Pacific" Fleet communique reports tfiat ip ground fighting on Saipan, American assault troops advanced in a northerly direction along the western shore of Magicienne Bay and made progress against an enemy strongpoint at Nafutan Point. Severe fighting continues. . . , , l Saipan has proved to be Japan’s main arsenal in the Mariannes, says Percy Finch, representing' the' combined Ameri- . tan Press aboard the flagship off Saipan. , “I watched naval guns which were blasting shore targets rip open deeply hidden oil and .ammunition dumps honeycombing the mountain slopes, indicating many years of accumulation of war stores. Caves on the southern coast were found to be stuffed with fuel and ammunition. Five oil dumps blazed to- " gether in a three-mile area. “The biggest dump was at the foot of Mount Hapotchau, which the Japanese have converted into a mountain fortress with entrenched mortars and artillery.”
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 228, 23 June 1944, Page 6
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151JAPANESE ARSENAL Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 228, 23 June 1944, Page 6
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