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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
1
A partial OCR fragment references the Associated Press and newspaper publication notes. It mentions rates, republication rights, and a few scattered names and addresses, but lacks a coherent event or full context.
The diary recalls a nighttime bombardment on Guadalcanal with a fledgling air alert and heavy shelling. Marines report flare light, Jap float planes nicknamed Lone the Louse, and constant shelling from Raider forces and Edson’s group on the ridge. Marines hunker down as tracers and bullets crackle through trees, with reinforcements moving up and a night-long fight lingering into the next dawn.
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