Wednesday, March 10, 2010

CURRENT EVENTS FEBRUARY 20, 1942


The Corpus Christi Times
CORPUS CH1USTI, TEXAS, FBIDAY, FEB. 20, 1942

Japanese Bomb Bali Island, Land on Timor
Dutch Declare Vital Points on Bali Destroyed
Allied Warships and Submarines Attack
Invading Armada; British Holding Positions
in Battle of Burma
By, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Japanese Shower Incendiary Bombs Behind U. S. Lines
Fighting Continues Along All Sections of
Front on Bataan Peninsula; Bombs Aimed
At Ammunition Dumps, Supply Centers
Washington, Feb. 20. (UP) — Japanese airplanes
,showered incendiary bombs behind the lines of Gen. Douglas
MacArtbur's forces on Bataan. Peninsula, where fighting
continued along all sections of the front, the War Department
reported today.


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