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Setbacks Hit Japanese at Both Ends of Pacific Battlefront
American forces report new setbacks against Japan in the Pacific. At Kiska in the Aleutians eight ships were sunk or damaged, 500 Japanese troops killed or wounded, and American planes lost none. On Guadalcanal Marine and Navy units hold positions as they probe enemy defenses and hunt detachments in the jungle while air forces strike Choiseul and Rekata Bay.
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Pacific Battle
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