Lae, in early 1942, and the carrier raids back then
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Sat, 11 Oct 97 21:54 MET DST
>To: mahan@microwrks.com, >marhst-l@post.queensu.ca, wwii-l@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
>Subject: Lae, in early 1942, and the carrier raids back then
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>The mystics of incomplete histories have once again reached me. I was just
>sitting around and compiling stuff when I was struck by something.
>On March 8th, 1942, the invasion force of Lae, >New Guinea, was struck by planes
>from USS Enterprise and Yorktown, which were then operating south of Port
>Moresby, Neew Guinea.
>Before these operations, the same carriers, apparently, struck the Marshalls,
>Gilberts, Wake and Marcus Islands in the Central Pacific.
>Now…when did the operations against these Central Pacific Islands conclude,
>and why did the two carriers sortie to the Coral >Sea by then, and how comes they
>were in such restricted waters as those between Port Moresby and Australia?
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
>
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