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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 March 1943Vol. XIII, No. 8

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Islands

Monthly

March 17, 1943

Vol. Xiii. No. 8.

Established 1930

[Registered at the G.P.0., Sydney, lor transmission by post as a newspaper ]

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Fighters

American and Australian airmen, on March 2 and 3, completely wiped out a Japanese convoy which was trying to get from Rabaul to New Guivea mainland They sank 12 transports, 10 warships, 55 aircraft and 15,000 men. with huge equipment. This Department of Information photogragh, taken recently on a New Guinea airfield, shows the type of men who carried out the job. (Department of Information photo.)