Friday, March 19, 2010

CURRENT EVENTS MARCH 3, 1942


THE LIMA NEWS
LIMA, OHIO. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1942

JAPS DRIVEN BACK IN JAVA

U. S. Destroyer Sunk; Over 100 Lost

SUB TORPEDOES WARSHIP OFF JERSEY COAST
Only 11 Of Crew Saved In
Tragedy Early Saturday,
Navy Discloses
ALL ON BRIDGE KILLED
Neither Attacking Craft Nor
Missile Sighted Before First Hit

WASHINGTON. March 3—(AP)
The Navy announced today that
the destroyer Jacob Jones was
sunk by an enemy submarine off
Cape May, N. J. before dawn on
Feb. 28 and that only 11 men of
the destroyer's crew survived.----

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