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Almost every day U.S. Army Liberators bombed the Marshalls; once they paid two visits between dawn and dusk. The big bombers pummeled Wot je's drome, tore up Taroa's runways, buildings and anchorage, damaged Jaluit's shore defenses, all secretly installed since the Japs took over this mandate from the unsuspecting League of Nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Softening the Marshalls | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

...Maloelap, 32 miles long, densely populated, has a naval anchorage, an airfield (on Taroa island) big enough for bombers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Softening the Marshalls | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

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