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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1941
Page
12
A wartime commentator urged increasing American aid to the East Indies as Dutch planes report sinking or damaging Japanese vessels. One large Japanese ship was sunk near Kuching in Borneo, while a tally lists several other ships sunk or damaged by Dutch forces.
A Dutch spokesman argues the Netherlands Indies should be a central base against Japan. Naval circles say Indies gateway to the Pacific and Indian oceans links lifelines. reinforced by planes and ships, Dutch forces could strike harder and aid Allied operations. A Japanese raid on a Borneo airfield killed one civilian and wounded six.
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