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Brief Magazine Bombs Over Yap

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.220 Author/Creator: Brief Magazine Place Written: Northern Mariana Islands Type: Magazine Date: 20 August 1944 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 22.1 cm Order a Copy

A clipping of a photo of planes flying over an island. The caption reads "Circling for the bomb run of their first attack on Yap Aug. 20, Liberators of the 7th AAF hit the Jap base with 40 tons of bombs. The strike extends the current field of action form newly won Marianas bases over a 1200-mile sweep of the Pacific, from Chichi Jima in the north to Yap base in the south. 7th AAF Photo."

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