Naval Air "bankrupts" Yap
From Habele Institute
Author(s) Unknown (1944-06-15). "Naval Air "bankrupts" Yap". Naval Aviation News.
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Abstract: Yap Island is world famous for its wheel-sized doughnut- shaped money hewn out of stone. But it was for Yap's importance as a base of military operations that a powerful United States Navy task force pommeled it from the air in recent attacks on Palau, just east of the Philippines. Palau is the seat from which Japan governs the sprawling territory mandated to her by the League of Nations. The naval air attack, which lasted from March 29 to March 31, blasted ship- ping and shore installations with~ out interference from the coy Jap fleet. Views reveal Yap smoking...
