The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-14
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swung to the north Sunday and car
:. ried out a heavy bombardment OF
Matsuwa and Paramushiru is.
lands in the Kurile chain, sinking
10 trawlers and a submarine chas.
err.
Some opposition met the bonn
bardment force but the U. S. Pa.
cific Fleet units suffered no dam.
age and no casualties.
Military installations on Matsu-
wa. 485 miles north of the Japa-
nese home island of Hokkaido were
bombed. At Paramushiru, northern
most of the chain, Kurabu cape
and Suribachi bay were attacked.
Shore batteries at Kurabu Cape in
effectively replied to the Naval at
tack.
The cruisers Richmond and Con-
cord were among vessels taking
part, Nimitz said.
DISPATCHES from the fleet had re-
ported that the japanese Air Force
struck against the Third Fleet in
considerable strength while y.
S. and British dive bombers, tor
pedo planes and fighters swarmed
over the Tokyo okohama area in
the massive raid against subma-
rine base, shipping, railway tar
gets and a network Of airdromes.
Twenty-one enemy planes were
shot down by combat air patrols
and no japanese aircraft pene'
trated to the vicinity of the sur
face forces, Nimitz said.
Preliminary reports of the strike,
carried out despite adverse
weather that cleared Monday at
ternoon after limiting early op'
erations, showed 46 japanese
planes were destroyed on the
ground and II damaged.
With the toll of I'll enemy
planes taken last Thursday and
Friday in the carrier strikes
against Northern Honshu, Halsey' S
airmen brought their current total
to at least $40 aircraft.
Nimitz gave no further details
of the electronics plant which ap-
parently was a primary target
for the carrier assault Tokyo
Radio, however, had asserted last
week that the atomic bomb was
''nothing new and claimed that
~. S. scientists must, have taken
the idea from the researches of
Japanese SCIENTISTS
United Press War Correspon-
dent Ernest Hoberecht reported
from Vice Adm. John S. Mccain
fast carrier task force off Tokyo
that several enemy aircraft were
shot down near the fleet between
5 a. m. and 2 p. m. Monday.
Hoberecht had reported that the
main strength of the offensive was
directed against war plant which
was vital to Japan's continued
prosecution Of the war. A dis.
patch from the British carrier
task force flagship also said pilots
were pouring bombs into a large
chemical plant" near Tokyo.
BLAST MIYAZAKI BASE
| MANILA, Tuesday, Aug. A.
R)-More than 400 Far East Ali
Forces bombers and fighters in
their heaviest saturation raid Of
the war on Japan left the Southern
military base of Miyazaki a sea
OF flames Sunday, and the nonstop
aerial assault Numbered on yes.
terday.
Returning pilots claimed that al
but some small buildings were
destroyed in the blow at Miyazaki,
which also is railway center for
the Southern part of the home is.
land of Kyushu.
In the second strike against the
enemy's homeland since Japan S
offer to surrender, the sQuadrons
soWed destruction across not only
Kyushu but the neighboring is
land Of Shikoku and the Ryukyu
stepping stone islands to the south.
Gen. George C. Kenney announc.
ed that his Far East Air Forces
had pressed home the attack yes.
terday, but the results of these
raids have yet to be announced.
! Smoke lowered $1,000 feet over
the targets as the airmen turned
back toward their Okinawa bases.
Three japanese planes that tried
to stop them were shot Gown.
Four of the attacking planes were
shot down, at least two by antiair.
craft fire, but two pilots were saw
ed.
More than 100 'Thunderbolts
spearheaded the assault on Miya-
zaki..
For the first time in many avs,
strikes against enemy shipping
took a subordinate role in the at
tacks.
The only important blow listed
against shipping was in Tsushima
Strait to the West of Kyushu, where
Mitchell bombers sank medium
freighter and several smaller YES
sells.
Mitchells on this sally into enemy
home waters shot down two of the
three Japanese fighters claimed in
the days operations.