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U. S. Planes Hit 2 Jap Ships

WASHINGTON--American airmen, hammering Jap positions northwest of U. S.-held Guadalcanal, have staged their 78th raid on the big enemy base at Munda and scored bomb hits on a transport and corvette off Vella Lavella Island, the Navy disclosed today. Both of the enemy vessels were left burning.

The raids were carried out Saturday--island time--at the expense of two American fighter planes.

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