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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1944

Page

3

Battleships Launch Barrage Toward Guam In War Push

U S Pacific Fleet reports four days of naval bombardment and air strikes on Guam mark a transition to a barrage phase ahead of Saipan. Carrier aircraft dropped 488 tons, with Rota Island hit and Port Apra defenses targeted. The weeklong tempo highlights intensified assaults to soften Guam defenses before the Saipan operation.

U.S. Pacific Pearl Harbor Guam Japan Toja Nimita U. S Galpan Saipan Pacific Rota Rota Island Port Apra

Trapped Japs Try Sneak Through Hills Near Aitape

Allied units report Japanese forces attempting to bypass American positions by moving through the Torricelli mountains inland from British New Guinea. Casualties rise with 1369 enemy deaths counted to date as air and naval units hammer rear areas and disrupt coastal traffic amid adverse weather.

Ty Incernanaam News Screien Jap Aitape New Guinea Torricellié British New Guinea Southwest Pacific Dutch East Indies Morotai Island Yap Carolines

Chinese Rout CamG KING drives Japanese toward Pingke front

Chinese forces in western Yunnan report routing a Jap relief column to Pingke and engaging rear guards at Mengtul ten miles west. Other units harass the retreating column nine miles farther west as Pingke comes under constant attack. Siege of Myitkyina continues amid monsoon actions.

Pingka Yunnan Mengtul Pingke Pingki Salween River Lungling Tiddim Road Imphal Southeast Asia Command Myitkyina Burma Stilwell

Itching First Application Noted In Early Hearing

A mangled text fragment mentions Itching First Application and a hearing context with unclear names. The readable portion implies an initial application or claim being noted, but specific details and parties are not decipherable from the fragment. Further readable content would be required for a precise summary.

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