OFFICIAL REPORT
NEW GUINEA VICTORY TWELVE WARSHIPS. AMONG 23 SUNK OR DAMAGED. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 18. The Navy Department announced that the Japanese invasion force concentrated near Salamau and Lae (New Guinea) had been smashed by American and Australian air forces. Twenty-three Japanese ships were sunk or damaged, including twelve warships. The Navy Department added that the heavy losses inflicted on the enemy included three Japanese seaplanes shot down. All this was accomplished with the loss of only one Allied plane.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 March 1942, Page 3
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