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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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U.S. Second Task Fleet ships headed to Arctic waters after maneuvers off Argentia, Newfoundland, where Marines successfully landed on beaches and pushed inland on November 9, supported by carrier planes and the battleship Missouri.
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BOSTON, Nov. 10.(AP)--Fighting ships of the U. S. Second Task Fleet headed toward Arctic waters today after participating in maneuvers off Argentia, Newfoundland, during which assault Marines made successful beach landing.
The ships will test anti-submarine devices under frigid conditions in the far reaches of the North Atlantic.
The Marines--in the second phase of the operations--pushed inland after seizing the Argentia operations base in the amphibious attack. a Boston Traveler correspondent reported.
The first wave of assault troops swarmed ashore yesterday just as sun broke through thick fog that enveloped the area.
Planes based on the carriers Leyte, Kearsarge and Philippine Sea, provided air protection for landing forces and strafed and bombed coastal defenses.
The battleship Missouri, carrying Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Donald B. Duncan, slipped through the fog prior to the Marine landings to hurl shells at shore fortifications.
Naval officers said that in actual warfare the Argentia defenders would have cut sharply the number of ships that lay off the coast and possibly could have halted the invasion.
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Argentia, Newfoundland
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Nov. 10
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assault marines made successful beach landing; pushed inland after seizing the argentia operations base; in actual warfare the argentia defenders would have cut sharply the number of ships that lay off the coast and possibly could have halted the invasion
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Fighting ships of the U. S. Second Task Fleet headed toward Arctic waters today after participating in maneuvers off Argentia, Newfoundland, during which assault Marines made successful beach landing. The ships will test anti-submarine devices under frigid conditions in the far reaches of the North Atlantic. The Marines--in the second phase of the operations--pushed inland after seizing the Argentia operations base in the amphibious attack. a Boston Traveler correspondent reported. The first wave of assault troops swarmed ashore yesterday just as sun broke through thick fog that enveloped the area. Planes based on the carriers Leyte, Kearsarge and Philippine Sea, provided air protection for landing forces and strafed and bombed coastal defenses. The battleship Missouri, carrying Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Donald B. Duncan, slipped through the fog prior to the Marine landings to hurl shells at shore fortifications.