Japanese forces reconnoitered and attacking times Ocean Island according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 26 August 1942

An item reported that Japanese forces reconnoitered three times Ocean Island, Gilbert Group on 24-25 August and on 25 August was the island shelled by a cruiser for 10 minutes/

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 259 dated 26 August 1942.