MARCUS ISLAND
RAIDED BY U.S. FORCE
TOKIO ANNOUNCEMENT (By Telegraph—Press Association—Conyrlsht.) Rec. 10.45 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 1.
Tokio official radio said that many enemy planes raided Marcus Island at dawn today and that enemy warships also shelled it.
Marcus Island is 1200 miles south of Tokio. An American spokesman said that a raid by. a carrier task force was presumably in progress at the spot today. The raid was planned for today, and the task force should have arrived on time..
No reports had been received, and
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none was expected until there was no further need for radio silence.
The Associated Press points out that the Navy has not previously issued a statement reporting a raid while it was in. progress. The announcement today indicated the High Command's, confidence that the task force was so powerful it would be able to cope with any forces which the Japanese might bring up.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 55, 2 September 1943, Page 5
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