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The US Navy conducts an assault on Japanese forces in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands using surface craft and naval air units

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SLATE INFORMATION: U.S. Fleet in Action - Sea and Air Attack on Japan's Island Bases

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AEROPLANES AMERICAN. take off carrier to bomb Gilbert and Marshall islands


AEROPLANES AMERICAN. Take off carrier to bomb Gilbert and Marshall Islands


AMERICA NAVAL. fleet bombards Marshall and Gilbert islands..planes take off carrier..catapult planes..engine room..vice Ad Halsey w chiefs..warships firing..a.a.firing..Japanese plane shot down..smoke rising from islands.


CATAPULT plane takes off from U.S. ship


HALSEY. Ad..U.S. Navy w chiefs plans attack on Gilbert and Marshalls


Navy - Active

WWII, World War Two, World War II, Second World War, war, Allies, naval, airplane, airplanes, aircraft, aeroplane, aircraft carrier, aircraft carriers, USN, United States Navy, bombing, bombers, battlecruiser, battlecruisers, submarine, submarines, military, bomber, bombings
Background: The US Navy conducts an assault on Japanese forces in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands using surface craft and naval air units

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