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1943 American forces attack Wake Island
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1:35Now PlayingDate: 15th November 1943
Location: Wake Island
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SOUTH PACIFIC: Wake Island: Various:
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AEROPLANES AMERICAN Navy planes bomb Japanese dromes & shipping-WAKE ISLAND
AMERICA NAVAL. Blasts Jap airfields stores etc on WAKE ISLAND..Navy plane Bomb dromes with jap planes lined up..Jap ship attacked..good tracers
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