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American aircraft attacking Salamaua and Lae according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 12 March 1942

An item reported that 5 aircraft of the US Army attacked on 11 March Salamaua and Lae with as results that all buildings were destroyed and the runways at the airdromes damaged, the pier directly hit and a ship at Salamaua Harbor [Papua New Guinea] nearly missed.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 92 dated 12 March 1942

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