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which place lies under our continual fire. Tuesday night Maribor near the Austrian border in Yugoslavia was bombed. Durazzo was also attacked yesterday. 4 enemy planes were destroyed. We lost one plane but its pilot is safe. On enemy patrol craft in the Mediterranean and two schooners in the Adriatic were sunk by our light naval craft. Further details are now known about the American operations against the Marshall Islands. The best airfield in the island has been captured by the Americans who have also captured several islands. Brisk machine gun- and mortar fire from the Japanese is met. The Americans are now using artillery in their operations. Rear Admiral Turner, terrible Turner as he is called, is the man who leads the operations and he also led the attacks against Guadalcanal and the Gilbert Islands. Enemy resistance in the air is decreasing to some extent. On New Guinea the Japanese who have been trapped between the American
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3/2/1944
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Maribor

Durazzo?

Rearadmiral Turner

Guadalcanal
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