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10 Japanese slip Sunk Bv U. S. Task ForceI TwPI.! CorNorthern Third Of Tinian Now Held By MarinesHowe Howe out rig come over4.1Nerlt;Tlt;Fo-nors cun unit that Aug i willST3(UR)— bcrnb killed who 1 of re planeU S PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-[ QUARTERS. Pearl Harbor. July 28 —(U.R)—Planes of a last U S. car-riet task force struck at Palau.Yap and Ullthi in the Carolines Monday and Tuesday In ■ smash Ing blow which destroyed at least 10 vesseLs and 26 planes. Adm Chester W Nimitz announced today, revealing at the same time that Marines on the Tinian In the Marianas now control the northern third of the Island In the first fleet attack on the Carolines since March 29-30. the American carrier planes downed [ (five enemy aircraft and destroyed 21 on the gound. while an enemvdtstoyer, an oiler, a destroyer rs- Ocort, one mile-layer, seven small cargo ships and many smallercraft were destroyed The U. S forces lost five planes hut four of the pllo* were rescued, Nimitz’ communique reorled Enemy air opposition was encountered onlv on the first day of the attack and no planes were for 1 sighted on TuesdavIn the March raid aginst Yalau ccn,! American carrier task force ships' have and planes destroyed 181 enemy curit planer, I on 1The planes raked enemy installa-J La(h tions at Arakabesan. Peltliu, An-; hub« gaur, Malakal and Koror In the] Cros Palau group, a cluster of some 100j ,r islands within 500 miles of thei O* Philippines I tpPIn the battle for possession of J Tinian Island. 120 miles nortb of Guam where other U. B forces drove toward a vital airfield, Mar-( Hm second fourth di vision have killed at least 2.089 ,hrl and taken 62 prisonersU S losses lor the campaign i T which opened Sunday total 159 j ts sl killed in action. 441 wounded andj 8 1 32 missingIn addition to the Japanese Mil- vt*i itary casualties, 80 civilians have1 pd been interned The Tinian battle found the vet.-eran Marines statghtenLng their j duo lines in a southward drive giving f the U S. troops a front extending! ,!lp diagonal!v southeast across the is-, ^land from a point south of Faibus San Silo Point, u'est to a sector several thousand yards north of Masalog Point on »he east coast j vW The Marines advanced south-; v ward with the support of light sur-j 111 free units and seventh AAF thun-. ( n deibolt fighter plane* living from' Itely Field on nearby Saipan Is landOn Monday, the fighters flew 124 i/ sorties to attack enenif troop areas, ammunition dumps, gun positions' D and motorized equipment Seabee crews and army aviation engineers are now at w-ork enlarg ing and clearing tire the Ushi PointhamLidcr.imerleclmo5lt;airfield whllh the Marines captur fda'ed Tuesday. dr(In the Central Pacific, the 7th ags AAF bombers attacked Truk Tues rn day. causing explosions and dam- ,ef aging at least one of tire eight in- |J0| terceptnrs. Japanese positions in st tin muvhal! and Nauru bland re' south of the Carolines, were attacks the same day. all
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Fri, Jul 28, 1944
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