The Portsmouth Herald
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1942.
Allies Sink TO Jap Warships
In Greatest US Naval Battle
Immediate Fate Of US
Depends On Outcome
Allied Headquarters, Australia, May 8 (AP)—The
greatest naval battle of the war is in progress in the seas
directly east of Australia, with the immediate fate of this
continent depending on the undetermined result.
Allied headquarters announced
that already 10 Japanese- ships had
sunk and five badly damaged,
as follows:
Sunk: an aircraft carrier, a, heavy
cruiser, a light cruiser, two destroyers,
four gunboats and a supply
vessel; damaged and believed a total
loss: another aircraft carrier;
heavily damaged: a heavy cruiser, a
light cruiser, a 9,000-ton seaplane
tender, a cargo vessel and a transport.
Tokyo Says:
Jap Fleet Cripples British, U.S. Ships
Tokyo, (From Japanese Broadcasts),
May .8 (AP)—Imperial headquarters
announced today that Japanese
naval units had sunk a
United States navy battleship and
two U, S. aircraft carriers, heavily
damaged a British battleship and
crippled a British (Australian) heavy
cruiser in a continuing battle
over the Coral sea.
Fate Of Corregidor Men
May Remain Unknown
Washington, May 8 (AP)—The
long Japanese delay in reporting the
names of American prisoners in the
early stages of the war suggested today
months may elapse before those that
were killed or captured in the Philippines
will be known. Many who fell in the
heroic defense of Corregidor and Bataan
may be permanently reported as missing.
For weeks the War department
has been obliged to respond to
thousands of Inquiries from families of
officers and men by saying that no
information was available.
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